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Garabed Eknoyan

Researcher at Baylor College of Medicine

Publications -  260
Citations -  41397

Garabed Eknoyan is an academic researcher from Baylor College of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Kidney disease & Dialysis. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 257 publications receiving 39499 citations. Previous affiliations of Garabed Eknoyan include Tufts University.

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K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: Evaluation, classification, and stratification

TL;DR: In the early 1990s, the National Kidney Foundation (K/DOQI) developed a set of clinical practice guidelines to define chronic kidney disease and to classify stages in the progression of kidney disease.
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National kidney foundation practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification

TL;DR: The goal is to disseminate the simple definition and five-stage classification system of Chronic kidney disease, to summarize the major recommendations on early detection of chronic kidney disease in adults, and to consider some of the issues associated with these recommendations.
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Definition and classification of chronic kidney disease: A position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)

TL;DR: A survey and conference was conducted and a controversies conference was sponsored to provide a clear understanding to both the nephrology and nonnephrology communities of the evidence base for the definition and classification recommended by Kidney Disease Quality Outcome Initiative (K/DOQI).
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Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and decreased kidney function in the adult US population: Third national health and nutrition examination survey

TL;DR: CKD is common and warrants improved detection and classification using standardized criteria to improve outcomes, and CCr estimates showed a steeper decline with age and were lower in non-Hispanic blacks.
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K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for bone metabolism and disease in chronic kidney disease

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