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KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Lipid Management in CKD: summary of recommendation statements and clinical approach to the patient.

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Recommendation of statin or statin/ezetimibe treatment in adults aged ⩾50 years with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) but not treated with chronic dialysis or kidney transplantation and follow-up measurement of lipid levels is not recommended.
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This article is published in Kidney International.The article was published on 2014-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 421 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Kidney disease & Statin.

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2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

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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).

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

TL;DR: A systematic review of studies published from January 1, 1950, through November 31, 2008 using PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Knowledge, CINAHL, and all Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews found that randomized clinical trials and prospective studies of RRTs that reported data on changes in the primary outcome of hospital mortality or the secondary outcome of cardiopulmonary arrest cases were included.
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