A special debt of gratitude is owed to the KDIGO Co-Chairs, Bertram Kasiske and David Wheeler, and the KDIGO Board for their invaluable guidance throughout the development of this guideline. In particular, we thank the ERT members: Ashish Upadhyay, Ethan Balk, Amy Earley, Shana Haynes, and Jenny Lamont 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 268 external reviewers. The Work Group considered all of the valuable comments made and, where appropriate, suggested changes were incorporated into the final publication.
Marcello A Tonelli, MD, SM, FRCPC Christoph Wanner, MD Work Group Co-Chairs