NKF KDOQI GUIDELINES

Clinical Practice Guidelines and Clinical Practice Recommendations
2006 Updates
Hemodialysis Adequacy
Peritoneal Dialysis Adequacy
Vascular Access


I.  CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR VASCULAR ACCESS

Acronyms and Abbreviations

AVF
Arteriovenous fistula
AVG
Arteriovenous graft
BP
Blood pressure
CHF
Congestive heart failure
CPR
Clinical Practice Recommendations
CrCl
Creatinine clearance
CVD
Cardiovascular disease
DOQI
Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative
GFR
Glomerular filtration rate
HD
Hemodialysis
HTN
Hypertension
KDOQI
Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative
Kt/V
Measure of dialysis adequacy calculated from K (dialyzer clearance), t (time) and V (volume of body water in a given patient)
LVH
Left ventricular hypertrophy
NKF
National Kidney Foundation
PD
Peritoneal dialysis
RCT
Randomized controlled trial
ROC
Receiver operating characteristics
SGA
Subjective global assessment
TPA
Tissue plasminogen activator
UOP
Urine output
UrCl
Urea clearance
US
Ultrasonography