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 |
Title |
Processes for creating guidelines and creating updates |
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. |