NEW YORK—The National Kidney Foundation announced Feb. 9 plans to update its KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease, which were first published in 2007.
“A revised diabetes and chronic kidney disease guideline will include recent studies focusing on the management of hyperglycemia such as the ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes) trial; we are aiming to complete the update process within a year, to ensure that practitioners and patients benefit from new knowledge as soon as possible,” said KDOQI Chair, Michael Rocco, MD of Wake Forest School of Medicine in North Carolina. “A draft is expected to be available for public review by January 2011.”
The work group is currently being assembled by Co-Chairs, Drs. Katherine Tuttle and Robert Nelson, who will return to their leadership positions. More to follow....
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