Nephrology & Dialysis Clinical Guidelines
Nephrology and dialysis guideline index: the governing KDIGO and KDOQI guidelines on CKD, AKI, glomerular disease, anemia, and dialysis, with source links.
The nephrology and dialysis guideline index. This section is new, and the table below is its current content: the governing professional-society guidelines for the department, each with its publisher, current edition, scope, and a source link. The parent hub is Nephrology & Dialysis.
Governing guidelines
| Guideline | Publisher | Edition | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease | KDIGO | 2024 (replaces 2012) | Evaluation of CKD, risk assessment, delaying progression and managing complications, medication management and drug stewardship, and models of care, in adults and children not receiving dialysis or transplant | KDIGO |
| KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury | KDIGO | 2012; a 2026 AKI/AKD revision is in public review | Definition and staging of AKI, prevention and treatment, contrast-associated AKI, and dialysis interventions for AKI | KDIGO |
| KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Glomerular Diseases | KDIGO | 2021 (replaces 2012) | General principles of glomerular disease management, then IgA nephropathy and IgA vasculitis, membranous nephropathy, nephrotic syndrome in children, minimal change disease, FSGS, infection-related GN, ANCA vasculitis, lupus nephritis, anti-GBM disease, and complement-mediated disease | KDIGO |
| KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease | KDIGO | 2021 (replaces 2012) | Blood pressure measurement, targets, lifestyle interventions, and antihypertensive therapy in CKD not on dialysis, including kidney transplant recipients and children | KDIGO |
| KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease | KDIGO | 2022 (focused update of 2020) | Comprehensive care, glycemic monitoring and targets, lifestyle interventions, glucose-lowering therapies in type 2 diabetes with CKD, and approaches to management | Kidney International |
| KDIGO 2026 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease | KDIGO | 2026 (replaces 2012) | Diagnosis and evaluation of anemia in CKD, iron therapy, erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, HIF-prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors and other agents, and red blood cell transfusion, in adults and children with or without kidney replacement therapy | Kidney International |
| KDIGO 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline Update for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, Prevention, and Treatment of CKD-MBD | KDIGO | 2017 (selective update of 2009) | Mineral and bone disorder in adults and children with CKD, on chronic dialysis, or with a kidney transplant | Kidney International Supplements |
| KDIGO 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation, Management, and Treatment of ADPKD | KDIGO | 2025 (first edition) | Nomenclature, diagnosis, prognosis, kidney and extrarenal manifestations, therapies to slow progression, and pregnancy and reproductive issues in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease | KDIGO |
| KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease | KDIGO | 2022 (focused update of 2018) | Hepatitis C in CKD, including patients on dialysis and kidney transplant candidates and recipients | KDIGO |
| KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Vascular Access | National Kidney Foundation KDOQI | 2019 update (published 2020) | The ESKD Life-Plan, choice of hemodialysis vascular access, arteriovenous fistula and graft and central venous catheter targets, and management of access complications | AJKD |
| KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Nutrition in CKD | National Kidney Foundation KDOQI with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics | 2020 update | Nutritional assessment, medical nutrition therapy, dietary protein and energy intake, supplementation, micronutrients, and electrolytes across CKD stages 1 to 5, dialysis, and transplant | AJKD |
| KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Hemodialysis Adequacy | National Kidney Foundation KDOQI | 2015 update | Timing of hemodialysis initiation, frequency and duration, ultrafiltration rate, volume and blood pressure control, and high-frequency hemodialysis | National Kidney Foundation |
How the guideline series are built
Each guideline series on this site is a synthesis, not a summary of a single document. The relevant professional-society guidelines for a topic are read together and their recommendations integrated into one reference, and every substantive statement carries a numbered, DOI-linked citation back to its source. Long syntheses are split into sequential part pages so each part loads quickly and is individually citable. Every page carries a date (first published) and a lastmod (last substantive revision) in its metadata; when a source society issues a new edition, the affected series is revised and its lastmod advances. Each series is reviewed by a clinician before it publishes. The nephrology and dialysis series are forthcoming and will be listed on this page and on the department hub as they publish.
Frequently asked questions
What is in the nephrology and dialysis guidelines index?
The professional-society guidelines that govern nephrology and dialysis practice: KDIGO guidelines on CKD evaluation and management, acute kidney injury, glomerular diseases, blood pressure in CKD, diabetes in CKD, anemia in CKD, CKD-MBD, ADPKD, and hepatitis C in CKD, and KDOQI guidelines on hemodialysis vascular access, nutrition in CKD, and hemodialysis adequacy. Each entry names the publisher and current edition and links to the source.
How will the nephrology guideline series be built?
In the same format as the site’s other departments: the relevant society guidelines for a topic are read together and integrated into one reference, every substantive statement carries a numbered DOI-linked citation, long syntheses are split into sequential part pages, each page carries a published date and a lastmod date, and each series is reviewed by a clinician before it publishes. The nephrology and dialysis series are forthcoming.
Which edition of the KDIGO AKI guideline applies?
The 2012 KDIGO AKI guideline remains the current published edition. A draft KDIGO 2026 guideline for acute kidney injury and acute kidney disease was released for public review in March 2026. The index will be updated when the final guideline is published.
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