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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
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announces the election of five individuals to serve on its Executive Committee beginning January 1, 2020. The Executive Committee is the organization’s governing body which sets its policies and priorities and is made up of 20 well known kidney disease experts from all
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) held a major conference on 27 – 29 June, in Amsterdam, to discuss improving patient-centeredness and precision of terms used by the global kidney community to describe kidney disease and kidney function in scientific articles, communicating with each other and speaking with patients.
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announces that its 2018 Annual Report is now available. It can be read or downloaded at any time by clicking here. This is KDIGO’s premier Annual Report, which describes major events of 2018 as well as a brief history of the organization. The
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – On March 25, the Executive Committee of Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) approved the establishment of a new Methods Committee. The Committee will be chaired by Marcello Tonelli of Canada and will work towards further strengthening and updating KDIGO’s guideline development methodology. The Methods Committee will be a
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announces its new Executive Committee members for 2019. The Executive Committee is KDIGO’s governing body and sets policy and direction for the organization. New members for 2019 are: Mustafa Arici, Turkey Tara Chang, US Morgan Grams, US Fan Fan Hou, China Jolanta Malyszko,
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) is proud to announce an addition to its professional staff. Amy Earley has joined the KDIGO team as Guideline Development Director, bringing the total number of KDIGO staff to six. Amy will oversee KDIGO’s guideline development program under the guidance of KDIGO Chief
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) is proud to announce the launch of its redesigned iOS and Android app. The new and improved mobile application was recently previewed at ASN Kidney Week in San Diego, and gives clinicians the ability to effortlessly access KDIGO guidelines and recommendation statements as
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announces the publication of its latest guideline update on the Prevention, Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). The full-text guideline now appears in the October issue of Kidney International Supplements with an executive summary publishing in the accompanying issue of Kidney International.
(Copenhagen, Denmark) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) is pleased to introduce its new Co-Chair Elect, Professor Michel Jadoul of Brussels, Belgium. Prof. Jadoul was elected by the KDIGO Executive Committee and will assume his post on January 1, 2019. Prof. Jadoul will join other KDIGO volunteer leaders for planning meetings at
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) is very pleased to announce another major publication in Kidney International. This is a report from the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Prognosis of Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease that was held in Barcelona, Spain in December 2016. Kai-Uwe Eckardt and Brenda Hemmelgarn led
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) is pleased to announce the publication of its latest Controversies Conference Report in the European Heart Journal. It covers the KDIGO Conference on CKD & Arrhythmias held in Berlin, Germany in October 2016. This meeting is part of a series of Controversies Conferences held
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – On October 16th Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) elected five new members of its Executive Committee. Their three-year term will begin January 1st, 2018. The Executive Committee is KDIGO’s governing body. It sets policy and prioritizes the program agenda for guidelines, conferences and implementation. There are 20 members in
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) has launched a new redesigned, user-centric website. The website, www.kdigo.org, offers an intuitive experience with modern branding and an updated interface, providing enhanced functionality for clinicians and patients. The site has been re-engineered to emphasize ease-of-use and navigability. It focuses on what users need
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announces the publication of the Clinical Practice Guideline on Living Kidney Donation this week in the journal Transplantation. The guideline is based on global science and focuses on the evaluation of potential living kidney donors and the care of donors after donation. Living kidney
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) is pleased to announce the publication of an important update to its clinical practice guideline on Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD). This is the first update to the 2009 KDIGO guideline on the topic, and will appear in the July issue of
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) is committed to keeping its guidelines up-to-date. Following the publication of the results of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) in the New England Journal of Medicine on November 9th, KDIGO is planning to reexamine the recommendations contained in the KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announced today that its latest evidence-based clinical practice guideline has been released for public comment. The Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Follow-up Care of Living Kidney Donors represents the culmination of a multi-year, robust development process. Krista Lentine, US, and Amit
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Following a major global conference on guideline implementation in low and middle income countries (LMICs), KDIGO has re-affirmed its commitment to making its guideline and conference recommendations more useable in countries with high demand and limited resources. The KDIGO Implementation Strategies Conference on Understanding Needs in Low and Middle Income
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes, the global clinical practice guideline organization in kidney disease, has formalized its collaboration with over 800 nephrologists around the world. The group will be called “The KDIGO Global Network” and will serve as a direct link between the organization and clinicians in nearly every country.
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) and Cochrane Kidney and Transplant (CKT) have launched a new collaboration to consolidate information on kidney disease guidelines and to make this resource globally accessible on the KDIGO website. Guidelines published by kidney organizations around the world will be identified, included in a searchable
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announced that Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA has been chosen as the Evidence Review Center for its latest clinical practice guideline update project. The KDIGO guideline on Chronic Kidney Disease and Mineral and Bone Disorders (CKD-MBD) was published in 2009 and will be
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) has announced that it has begun updates of its Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hepatitis C and Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD). The Hepatitis C Guideline was KDIGO’s first, published in 2008, followed by the CKD-MBD Guideline in 2009. This important project will
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes is proud to announce the debut of an exciting new social media feature in its Clinical Practice Guidelines for Kidney Disease app. The app’s reinvigorated Community section has now been seamlessly integrated with Twitter, allowing users to be part of the global nephrology conversation without
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes is proud to announce the global adoption of its newly released KDIGO Clinical Guidelines for Kidney Disease iPad app. The application is supported by an educational grant from Shire International GmbH, and is available to iPad users free-of-charge through the Apple App Store. KDIGO Co-chair, Dr. David
(Edinburgh, Scotland) — KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) has concluded a 3-day Controversies Conference on Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) with consensus recommendations from more than 60 globally-recognized experts. Vicente Torres, MD, PhD of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and Olivier Devuyst, MD, PhD of the University of Zurich in Switzerland chaired
(Mexico City) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes concluded a landmark Controversies Conference on Supportive Care for patients with severe kidney disease who do not have the option of dialysis or transplantation. Such care is important worldwide for hundreds of thousands of patients and a concern for care givers in high and low-income
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – KDIGO announced the launch of its first mobile application, providing KDIGO guidelines for free download to the Apple iPad. KDIGO Mobile puts KDIGO’s entire library of guidelines directly in the hands of clinicians anywhere in the world with the touch of a button. “This app puts a wealth of kidney disease
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) has announced the publication of a new evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline making recommendations on treatment of dyslipidemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD). The guideline will appear in the November issue of Kidney International Supplements. The Clinical Practice Guideline for Lipid Management in Chronic Kidney
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announced that it has expanded its staff structure. Tanya Green has been appointed Communications Director for the global guideline development organization. John Davis, KDIGO Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are very glad that Tanya will be joining us on a full time basis. She
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) this week held the first meeting of its Work Group Co-chairs and Evidence Review Team developing the KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline on Living Kidney Donation. The meeting was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. KDIGO is a self-managed, global organization focused on improving patient outcomes through
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announced today that Michael Cheung has joined its staff as Chief Scientific Officer. Mr. Cheung has had seven years experience working on KDIGO guidelines as a staff member of KDIGO’s Founding Sponsor, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). KDIGO is a self-managed, global organization focused
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Guidelines (KDIGO) announced today the publication of its latest clinical practice guideline on the “Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease.” This is the 8th guideline issued by KDIGO, a Belgian foundation in the public interest and the only organization developing and implementing global kidney
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) is proud to announce the launch of its redesigned iOS and Android app. The new and improved application, named KDIGO Mobile, offers a modern user interface and intuitive user experience, and provides unfettered access to the KDIGO library of clinical practice guidelines for nephrology. The redesigned
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) has elected five new members of its Executive Committee, referred to in Belgium as The Trustees. The election took place at its most recent Trustees Meeting in Shanghai, China on October 15, 2016. Elected upon the recommendation of the KDIGO Nominating Committee were: Kunitoshi Iseki of
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) today announced that it has expanded its professional resources by adding a new consultant to its staff. As of 1 July, Melissa McMahan will serve as KDIGO Programs Director. KDIGO CEO, John Davis, said, “We are very pleased that Melissa will be joining us. She fills
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) welcomes new volunteer leaders for 2016. The New Year brings KDIGO four new Executive Committee members and a new Co-Chair. KDIGO, a Belgian foundation in the public interest, is governed by an elected volunteer Executive Committee and led by two Co-Chairs. It is also comprised of 1,000
