Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes
KDIGO Guidelines
KDIGO publishes the leading international clinical practice guidelines for kidney disease, covering CKD, AKI, transplantation, glomerular disease, anemia, blood pressure, diabetes in CKD, and mineral bone disorder.
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Trained on publicly available KDIGO guideline content. UKidney and Docutrain do not host the original documents. Refer to kdigo.org for original publications.
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Best use: include guideline area, patient population, kidney function, comorbidities, and the decision you're making. Narrow questions map cleanly to a recommendation or rationale section.
About KDIGO
The international standard for nephrology practice.
KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) is an independent nonprofit established in 2003 that develops evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for kidney disease. It is recognized globally as the primary standard-setting body for nephrology, using the GRADE framework to grade evidence and recommendations. Guidelines are updated as evidence evolves, most recently with the 2024 CKD update.
- CKD
- Staging, risk stratification, treatment targets.
- AKI
- Definition, staging, prevention, management.
- Transplantation
- Candidate evaluation, post-transplant monitoring, immunosuppression.
- Glomerular disease
- Nephrotic and nephritic syndrome diagnosis and treatment.
- Anemia in CKD
- ESA therapy, iron management, transfusion.
- Blood pressure in CKD
- BP targets and antihypertensive selection.
- Diabetes in CKD
- Glycemic targets, drug selection, monitoring.
- CKD-MBD
- Phosphate management and vitamin D guidance.
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KDIGO assistant questions
What are KDIGO guidelines?
KDIGO publishes international clinical practice guidance for kidney disease, dialysis, transplantation, and related complications.
Can I ask about older and newer KDIGO publications?
Yes. Ask for the disease area and year when that distinction matters, especially when recommendations have changed.
Can the assistant provide treatment thresholds?
It can help locate thresholds and recommendation language, but dosing and treatment decisions should be checked against the original guideline and local policy.
Does this include every KDIGO document?
The assistant reflects the available trained guideline corpus. For official completeness, use KDIGO's publication library.
Are the 2024 KDIGO CKD guidelines included?
The assistant is trained on publicly available KDIGO guideline content. Ask the assistant directly about specific publications or year-specific recommendations.
How is this different from reading the KDIGO PDFs directly?
The assistant lets you ask focused clinical questions and get targeted answers rather than searching through lengthy documents. It's most useful when you have a specific patient scenario or want to locate a particular recommendation quickly.
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Welcome to the Henle Assistant
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Kidney Donor Selection Assistant
Access evidence-based kidney donor evaluation guidelines through our interactive document assistant. Choose between the KPD Protocol or KDIGO Guidelines, then ask questions in natural language to get instant answers from official clinical practice documents.
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Ask questions about the Kidney Paired Donation Protocol for Participating Donors (2019). Get instant, evidence-based answers about donor eligibility, assessment criteria, and safety protocols.
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About the Documents
KPD Protocol: The Kidney Paired Donation Protocol for Participating Donors (2019), developed by the Canadian Blood Services' Living Donation Advisory Committee, establishes national standards for assessing and accepting living kidney donors participating in Canada's Kidney Paired Donation Program. The protocol harmonizes medical, psychosocial, and ethical criteria to ensure donor safety, optimize organ quality, and reduce interprovincial variability.
KDIGO Guidelines: The KDIGO 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors provides comprehensive, evidence-based recommendations for assessing donor candidates, informed consent, compatibility testing, preoperative management, and lifelong postdonation follow-up. It emphasizes quantitative risk assessment frameworks and evidence-based evaluation.
Both documents outline eligibility requirements, contraindications, and ongoing monitoring practices. Select your preferred guideline above to get started, or use the "Change Document" button to switch between them at any time.
UKidney Psychosocial Resources
A comprehensive collection of research articles, community resources, and support materials for social workers, healthcare professionals, and individuals affected by kidney disease. These resources cover psychosocial aspects, mental health, caregiver support, and culturally-specific information to help provide holistic care and support.
Updated: Dec 2025
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Psychosocial Research
- Advance Care Planning for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
- The Psychosocial Evaluation Is an Essential Part of the Pretransplant Workup for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Social Worker's Perspective
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