A special debt of gratitude is owed to the current KDIGO Co-Chairs Kai-Uwe Eckardt and Bertram Kasiske and the KDIGO Board for their invaluable guidance throughout the development of this guideline. In particular, we thank the ERT members: Katrin Uhlig, Jose Calvo-Broce, Aneet Deo, and Amy Earley, for their substantial contribution to the rigorous assessment of the available evidence. We are also especially grateful to the Work Group members for their expertise throughout the entire process of literature review, data extraction, meeting participation, the critical writing and editing of the statements and rationale, which made the publication of this guideline possible. The generous gift of their time and dedication is greatly appreciated. Finally, and on behalf of the Work Group, we gratefully acknowledge the careful assessment of the draft guideline by external reviewers. The Work Group considered all of the valuable comments made and where appropriate, suggested changes were incorporated into the final publication. The following individuals and organizations provided review of the draft guideline:
Omar Abboud, Mona Al–Rukhaimi (Dubai Hospital), Mustafa Arici (Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine), Mariano Arriola (Clinica de Nefrologia, Urologia y Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Argentina), Adanze Asinobi (University of Ibadan, Nigeria), Alper Azak (Ankara Education and Research Hospital), Gavin Becker (Royal Melbourne Hospital), Rudy Bilous (The James Cook University Hospital), Yousef Boobes (Tawam Hospital, UAE), Catherine Bouman (Dutch Society of Intensive Care Medicine), Carlo Briguori (Clinica Mediterranea), Eric S Cantor (GE Healthcare), Maria Ines Carvallo, William R Clark (Gambro), Adrian Covic (Hospital CI Parhon, Romania), Daniel Coyne (Washington University School of Medicine), Joe Dasta (Society of Critical Care Medicine), Jane S Davis (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Angel de Francisco (Spanish Society of Nephrology), Jean-Yves De Vos (AZ Werken Glorieux Dialysis Unit), Pierre Delanaye (University of Liège), Sarah Faubel (American Society of Nephrology), Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo (Hospital São Lucas), Thorsten Feldkamp (Universitätsklinikum Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen), Kevin Finkel (Society of Critical Care Medicine), Lui G Forni (European Society of Intensive Care Medicine), Heidi Frankel (Society of Critical Care Medicine), Gerard Fulda (Society of Critical Care Medicine), Mohammed Benghanem Gharbi (University Hospital Ibn Rochd), Richard J Glassock (UCLA), Robert S Gold (DCBA), Basu Gopal (Christian Medical College), Jeff Harder (University of Washington Medical Center), Brenda Hemmelgarn (Canadian Society of Nephrology), Hallvard Holdaas (National Hospital - Norway), Lai Seong Hooi (Hospital Sultanah Aminah), Atsuko Ikemori (St. Marianna University School of Medicine), Enyu Imai (Nagoya University School of Medicine), Lesley Inker (Tufts-New England Medical Center), Sarwar Iqbal (BIRDEM Hospital), Kunitoshi Iseki (Ryukyn University), Simon Jenkins, Svend Lorentz Jorgensen (Pharmacosmos A/S), Takei Kake (Chugai Pharmaceutical), Nada Kanaan (Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc), Markus Ketteler (Klinikum Coburg GGmbH), Mahmoud El-Khatib (University of Cincinnati), Pradeep Kumar Rai (Opal Hospital, Varanasi, India), Hanife Kurtal (Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin), Craig B Langman (Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago), Ingrid Ledebo (Gambro AB), Edgar Lerma (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine), Nathan W Levin (Renal Research Institute), Andrew Lewington (The Renal Association, UK), Visnja Lezaic (Clinical Centre of Serbia), Zhi-Hong Liu (Nanjing University School of Medicine), Raul Lombardi (Latin American Society of Nephrology & Hypertension), Gérard London (ERA/EDTA), José António Lopes (Hospital de Santa Maria), Robert Mactier (The Renal Association, UK), Constantine Manthous (American Thoracic Society), Omar Maoujoud (Mohammed V Military Hospital), Pablo U Massari, John McIlwaine (American College of Chest Physicians), Cecilia Mengarelli (Fresenuis Mansilla), Gong Mengchun (Peking Union Medical College Hospital), Walid Mohamed (Alexandria University Hospital), Rafique Moosa (University of Stellenbosch), Jose M Morales (Hospital 12 de Octubre, Spain; European Society for Organ Transplantation), Sameh K Morcos (Northern General Hospital), Toshiki Moriyama (Osaka University Health Care Center), Abdou Niang (Cheikh Anta Diop University), Eisei Noiri (Japanese Society of Nephrology), Fernando Nolasco (Portuguese Society of Nephrology), Maurizio Nordio (Dirigente Medico), Michał Nowicki (Medical University of Lodz), Ercan Ok (Turkish Society of Nephrology), Suzanne Oparil (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Heleen Oudemans (Danish Society of Intensive Care), Erling Pedersen (Holstebro Hospital and University of Aarhus), Momir Polenakovic (Balkan Cities Association of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation and Artificial Organs), Manuel Praga (Hospital 12 de Octubre, Spain), Wajeh Qunibi (University of Texas Health Science Center), Enrique Andrés Ribes (Fundació Puigvert), Eduardo Rocha (Rio de Janeiro Federal University Medical School), Cibele Rodrigues (Catholic University of São Paulo), Guillermo Rosa-Diez (Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires - Argentina), Brad Rovin (Ohio State University), Nestor Schor (Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo-UNIFESP), Mehmet Sukru Sever (European Renal Best Practice), Amma Sewaah-Bonsu (Nephrology Associates of Central Florida), Deepak Sharma (Mil Hospital Jalandhar, India), Justin Silver (Hadassah University Hospital), Richard Solomon (Fletcher Allen Health Care), Peter Spiro (American College of Chest Physicians), Takeshi Sugaya (St. Marianna University School of Medicine), Cem Sungur (Anadolu Medical Center), Charles Swanepoel (University of Cape Town), Seng Hoe Tan (Gleneagles Medical Centre, Singapore), Samuel A Tisherman (Society of Critical Care Medicine), Charles Tomson (Southmead Hospital), Stéphan Troyanov (Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal), Hung-Bin Tsai (Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital), Hirokazu Tsukahara (Okayama University Hospital), Wim Van Biesen (University Hospital Ghent), Raymond Vanholder (University Hospital Ghent), Rowan Walker (Royal Melbourne Hospital), Michael Walsh (McMaster University), HaiYan Wang (Beijing University), Jiandong Wei (SUNY Downstate Medical Center), Colin White (University of British Columbia), Hitoshi Yokoyama (Kanazawa Medical University), Luis Yu (University of São Paulo), Elena Zakharova (Moscow City Hospital), Carmine Zoccali (CNR-IBIM Clin Research Unit Ospedali Riuniti, Italy), Kim Zuber (Metropolitan Nephrology Associates).
Participation in the review does not necessarily constitute endorsement of the content of this report by above individuals or the organization or institution they represent.
John A Kellum, MD, FCCM, FACP, Work Group Co-Chair
Norbert Lameire, MD, PhD, Work Group Co-Chair