The 2009 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients is intended to assist the practitioner caring for adults and children after kidney transplantation.
The guideline development process followed an evidence-based approach, and management recommendations are based on systematic reviews of relevant treatment trials. Critical appraisal of the quality of the evidence and the strength of recommendations followed the Grades of Recommendation Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach.
The guideline makes recommendations for immunosuppression, graft monitoring, as well as prevention and treatment of infection, cardiovascular disease, malignancy, and other complications that are common in kidney transplant recipients, including hematological and bone disorders. Limitations of the evidence, especially on the lack of definitive clinical outcome trials, are discussed and suggestions are provided for future research.
The guideline was co-chaired by Bertram L. Kasiske, MD (Hennepin County Medical Center, United States) and Martin G. Zeier, MD, FASN (University Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany).
TOOLS
Transplant Candidate Guideline Overview Presentation
Managing Your Adult Patients Who Have a Kidney Transplant
Managing Kidney Transplant Recipients
COMMENTARIES
Canadian Society of Transplantation & Canadian Society of Nephrology
Commentary on the 2009 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients
European Renal Best Practice
Endorsement of the KDIGO guidelines on kidney transplantation
Chinese (Mandarin)
French
KDIGO règles de pratique clinique pour le soin des receveurs de transplants rénaux: résumé
German
KDIGO-Leitlinien zur Betreuung von Nierentransplantatempfängern
Greek
Japanese
腎移植レシピエントのケアーのためのKDIGO診療ガイドライン
Russian
KDIGO Практическое клиническое руководство по наблюдению и лечению пациентов с пересаженной почкой
Spanish
Resumen de las Guías de práctica clínica KDIGO sobre el cuidado del receptor de trasplante renal
DISCLAIMER: USE OF THE CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES
This Clinical Practice Guideline is based upon the best information available at the time of publication. The recommendations are designed to provide information and assist decision-making. They are not intended to define a standard of care, and should not be construed as one. Neither should they be interpreted as prescribing an exclusive course of management. Variations in practice will inevitably and appropriately occur when clinicians take into account the needs of individual patients, available resources, and limitations unique to an institution or type of practice. Every health care professional making use of this Guideline is responsible for evaluating the appropriateness of applying them in the setting of any particular clinical situation. The recommendations for research contained within this document are general and do not imply a specific protocol.
