| Theme | Chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) guidelines: Endorsement of the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) 2017 CKD-MBD Guidelines Update | |
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| Title | Processes for creating guidelines and creating updates | |
| Publish Date | 2018/06 | |
| Author | Masafumi Fukagawa | Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokai University School of Medicine |
| [ Summary ] | The development of clinical practice guidelines should ideally be based on systematic reviews of strong evidence. Nevertheless, there has been a paucity of compelling evidence in the field of CKD-MBD. In this introduction, guideline development processes for original and updated guidelines developed by the JSDT and KDIGO are validated. | |