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KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease acknowledged by ISN

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Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the care of patients with kidney disease worldwide, by developing and encouraging the implementation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). KDIGO CPGs are based primarily on scientific evidence, and issues such as cost do not weigh heavily on their construction. The KDIGO CPGs for the prevention, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of hepatitis C in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)1 are of particular relevance to global health, since hepatitis C is common in the developing world, and diagnosis and treatment of this disease is expensive by the standards of many economies.

The full English-language guidelines and summaries in other languages are accessible at http://www.kdigo.org. In the full 99-page document, KDIGO presents a detailed review of the available evidence and outlines recommendations for practice. The document has been examined by the CPG Committee of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN). The ISN acknowledges these guidelines and recommends them for implementation by its members. Here, we summarize the salient points of the guidelines and highlight their utility for clinical practice worldwide.

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  1. Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (2008) KDIGO clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of hepatitis C in chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int 73 (Suppl 109): S1–S99

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This ISN Commentary on the KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease is also published on the ISN Nephrology Gateway (www.isn-online.org; select 'Education & Resources', then 'Guidelines').

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  1. O Abboud (Qatar), G Becker (Australia), E Bellorin-Font (Venezuela), M Field (Australia), R Johnson (US), PKT Li (Hong Kong) and C Wanner (Germany) are Members of the Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee of the International Society of Nephrology.

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G Becker, E Bellorin-Font, PKT Li and C Wanner have served on the Board and are currently on the Board of Counsellors of KDIGO. The other authors declared no competing interests.

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Abboud, O., Becker, G., Bellorin-Font, E. et al. KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease acknowledged by ISN. Nat Rev Nephrol 4, 648–649 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0953

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