Aim This clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and diagnosis of chest pain provides
recommendations and algorithms for clinicians to assess and diagnose chest pain in adult …

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes.
Cardiovascular disease in diabetes is multifactorial, and control of the cardiovascular risk …

Haemodialysis (HD) is the commonest form of kidney replacement therapy in the world,
accounting for approximately 69% of all kidney replacement therapy and 89% of all dialysis …

Executive summary 2020 will go down in history as the year when the global community was
awakened to the fragility of human health and the interdependence of the ecosystem …

Background Current equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) that use serum
creatinine or cystatin C incorporate age, sex, and race to estimate measured GFR. However …

Health professionals are encouraged to take the Guidelines fully into account when
exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the implementation of …

Rationale & Objective During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, patients
receiving maintenance dialysis are a highly vulnerable population due to their comorbidities …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a complex disease which affects approximately 13% of the
world's population. Over time, CKD can cause renal dysfunction and progression to end …

Abstract The National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative
(KDOQI) has provided evidence-based guidelines for hemodialysis vascular access since …

US Renal Data System 2021 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the
United States Page 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <LRH>Johansen et al <DOC>Executive …