Kidney disease: Improving global outcomes (KDIGO) blood pressure work group. KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the management of blood pressure in chronic kidney disease

Kidney International Supplements

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 337-414

  Becker, Gavin J ^a   Wheeler, David C ^b   De Zeeuw, Dick ^c   Fujita, Toshiro ^d   Furth, Susan L ^e   Holdaas, Hallvard ^f   Mendis, Shanthi ^g   Oparil, Suzanne ^h   Perkovic, Vlado ⁱ   Saad Rodrigues, Cibele Isaac ^j   Sarnak, Mark J ^k   Schernthaner, Guntram ^l   Tomson, Charles R V ^m   Zoccali, Carmine ⁿ  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^k TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^m SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

blood pressure; chronic kidney disease; clinical practice guideline; evidence based recommendation; KDIGO; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884293874     PISSN: 21571724     EISSN: 21571716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/kisup.2012.46     Document Type: Editorial

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