KDIGO Direct December 2020
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(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – Recognizing the need for more precise, consistent, and patient-centered nomenclature describing kidney function and disease, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) organized a consensus conference in June 2019. The meeting was attended by diverse stakeholders, including clinicians caring for persons with kidney disease, patients, researchers, and editors of all
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announces a new feature of its ongoing collaboration with the International Society of Nephrology (ISN). KDIGO has been collaborating with the ISN to produce webinars for more than four years. Webinar recordings are now available on the KDIGO website and the KDIGO YouTube
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announces administrative changes to support its Remote Implementation Program. This program is an expansion and upgrade of KDIGO’s efforts to implement education based on Guidelines and Controversies Conference Reports electronically, rather than via live, in-person meetings. A major component of this is the
Brussels, Belgium – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announces the publication of its Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Management of Candidates for Kidney Transplantation. The full guideline is published in the April issue of Transplantation Supplements, the official journal of The Transplantation Society. The guideline was developed using KDIGO’s traditional
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) is launching a new initiative to reach kidney doctors around the world through remote learning. KDIGO anticipates publishing four new clinical practice guidelines and guideline updates in 2020 and needs to alert clinicians to their findings even though travel may be curtailed. KDIGO
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – KDIGO has appointed Dr. Edgar Lerma, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine, as the new Knowledge Translation Lead. KDIGO’s philosophy has always been that publication of a guideline or controversies conference report is only a part of the mission. These publications