{"id":56754,"date":"2021-10-28T22:31:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=56754"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:16:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:16:19","slug":"new-kdigo-guidelines-are-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/new-kdigo-guidelines-are-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"New KDIGO Guidelines Are Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_50621\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 119px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/04\/keishagibson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-50621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/04\/keishagibson.jpg\" alt=\"Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, FASN-KDIGO-Guidelines\" width=\"109\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, FASN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>KDIGO guidelines translate scientific advances into useful and practical clinical practice recommendations and observations. And the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kdigo.org\/guidelines\/\">2021 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Glomerular Diseases<\/a>\u00a0are now available online. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/keisha-gibson\/\">Keisha Gibson<\/a>, MD, MPH, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/jennifer-e-flythe\/\">Jenny Flythe<\/a>, MD, MPH, both served on KDIGO committees that produced the guidelines, which are also featured in the October issue of\u00a0<em>Supplements to Kidney International.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The new KDIGO guidelines are believed to be the most extensive in history, organized into eleven chapters, ten of which cover a specific primary or secondary glomerular disease or group of diseases. The first chapter is an extensive review of general management principles that should be considered for patients with any type of glomerular disease. Find the guidelines <a href=\"https:\/\/kdigo.org\/guidelines\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7187\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 118px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/jenny-flythe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/jenny-flythe-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH-kdigo-guidelines\" width=\"108\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/jenny-flythe-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/jenny-flythe-301x376.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/jenny-flythe.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>KDIGO is the global organization developing and implementing evidence based clinical practice guidelines in kidney disease. To improve the care and outcomes of patients with kidney disease worldwide through the development and implementation of global clinical practice guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/kdigo.org\/mission\/#what\">kdigo.org<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KDIGO guidelines translate scientific advances into useful and practical clinical practice recommendations and observations. And the new\u00a02021 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Glomerular Diseases\u00a0are now available online. 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