Chronic Renal Failure Clinical Resources

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Chronic Renal Failure Clinical Resources

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The Merck Manual 17th Ed.-1999: Table of contents
- Chapter 222: Renal Failure: Table of contents
  - General: Access document
  - Chronic Renal Failure: Access document
Family Practice Handbook 4th Ed.-2001: Table of contents
- Chapter 8: Nephrology and Urology: Table of contents
  - Chronic Renal Failure: Access document
Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Psychiatry, and Surgery (eMedicine): Table of contents
- Chronic Renal Failure: Access document
- Uremia: Access document
- Nephrosclerosis: Access document
- Perioperative Management of the Patient with Chronic Renal Failure: Access document

Emergency Medicine Resources See also General Emergency Medicine Resources

Emergency Medicine (eMedicine): Table of contents
- Chronic Renal Failure and Dialysis Complications: Access document

Geriatrics Resources See also General Geriatrics Resources

Merck Manual of Geriatrics: Table of contents
- Chapter 98. Renal Disorders: Access document
  - Introduction: Access document
  - Chronic Renal Failure: Access document
    - Treatment: Access document

Radiology Resources See also General Radiology Resources

Radiology (eMedicine): Table of contents
- Kidney Transplantation, Surgical Complications: Access document

Pathology Resources

Internet Pathology Lab for Medical Education (FSU Coll of Med): Table of contents
- Renal Pathology Index: List of documents
  - End Stage Renal Disease, Gross: Access document
  - End Stage Renal Disease, Microscopic: Access document
eAtlas of Pathology (Univ of Connecticut): Table of contents
- Diseases of Kidney: List of documents
  - End Stage Kidney: Access document

Clinical Guidelines

National Kidney Foundation: Homepage
- Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative Clinical Practice Guidelines: List of documents
  - Nutrition in Chronic Renal Failure: Table of contents
  - Chronic Kidney Disease: Evaluation, Classification, and Stratification: Table of contents
    - Foreword: Access document
    - Part 1. Executive Summary: Access document
    - Part 2. Background: Access document
    - Part 3. Chronic Kidney Disease as a Public Health Problem: Access document
    - Part 4. Definition and Classification of Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease
      - Introduction: Access document
      - Guideline 1. Definition and Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease: Access document
      - Guideline 2. Evaluation and Treatment: Access document
      - Guideline 3. Individuals at Increased Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease: Access document
    - Part 5. Evaluation of Laboratory Measurements for Clinical Assessment of Kidney Disease
      - Introduction: Access document
      - Guideline 4. Estimation of GFR: Access document
      - Guideline 5. Assessment of Proteinuria: Access document
      - Guideline 6. Markers of Chronic Kidney Disease Other Than Proteinuria: Access document
    - Part 6. Association of Level of GFR with Complications in Adults
      - Introduction: Access document
      - Guideline 7. Association of Level of GFR with Hypertension: Access document
      - Guideline 8. Association of Level of GFR with Anemia: Access document
      - Guideline 9. Association of Level of GFR with Nutritional Status: Access document
      - Guideline 10. Association of Level of GFR with Bone Disease and Disorders of Calcium and Phosphorus Metabolism: Access document
      - Guideline 11. Association of Level of GFR with Neuropathy: Access document
      - Guideline 12. Association of Level of GFR with Indices of Functioning and Well-Being: Access document
    - Part 7. Stratification of Risk for Progression of Kidney Disease and Development of Cardiovascular Disease
      - Introduction: Access document
      - Guideline 13. Factors Associated with Loss of Kidney Function in Chronic Kidney Disease: Access document
      - Guideline 14. Association of Chronic Kidney Disease with Diabetic Complications: Access document
      - Guideline 15. Association of Chronic Kidney Disease with Cardiovascular Disease: Access document
    - Part 8. Recommendations for Clinical Performance Measures: Access document
    - Part 9. Approach to Chronic Kidney Disease using these Guidelines: Access document
    - Part 10. Appendices
      - Appendix 1. Methods for Review of Articles: Access document
      - Appendix 2. Kidney Function and Associated Conditions in the United States: Methods and Findings From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988 to 1994): Access document
      - Appendix 3. Methodological Aspects of Evaluating Equations to Predict GFR and Calculations Using 24-Hour Urine Samples: Access document
    - Part 11. Work Group Members: Access document
    - Part 12. Acknowledgements: Access document
    - Bibliography: Access document
    - Disclaimer: Access document
  - Managing Dyslipidemias in Chronic Kidney Disease: Table of contents
    - Introduction: Access document
    - Assessment of Dyslipidemias: Access document
    - Treating Dyslipidemias: Access document
    - Research Recommendations: Access document
    - Appendices: Access document
    - Biographical Sketches of Work Group Members: Access document
    - Acknowledgments: Access document
    - References: Access document
    - Disclaimer: Access document
  - Bone Metabolism and Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease: Table of contents
    - Guideline 1. Evaluation of Calcium and Phosphorus Metabolism: Access document
    - Guideline 2. Assessment of Bone Disease Associated with CKD: Access document
    - Guideline 3. Evaluation of Serum Phosphorus Levels: Access document
    - Guideline 4. Restriction of Dietary Phosphorus in Patients with CKD: Access document
    - Guideline 5. Use of Phosphate Binders in CKD: Access document
    - Guideline 6. Serum Calcium and Calcium-Phosphorus Product: Access document
    - Guideline 7. Prevention and Treatment of Vitamin D Insufficiency and Vitamin D Deficiency in CKD Patients: Access document
    - Guideline 8. Vitamin D Therapy in CKD Patients
      - Guideline 8A. Active Vitamin D Therapy in Patients with Stages 3 and 4 CKD: Access document
      - Guideline 8B. Vitamin D Therapy in Patients on Dialysis (CKD Stage 5): Access document
    - Guideline 9. Dialysate Calcium Concentrations: Access document
    - Guideline 10. ý2-Microglobulin Amyloidosis: Access document
    - Guideline 11. Aluminum Overload and Toxicity in CKD: Access document
    - Guideline 12. Treatment of Aluminum Toxicity: Access document
    - Guideline 13. Treatment of Bone Disease in CKD
      - Guideline 13A. Hyperparathyroid (High-Turnover) and Mixed (High-Turnover with Mineralization Defect) Bone Disease: Access document
      - Guideline 13B. Osteomalacia: Access document
      - Guideline 13C. Adynamic Bone Disease: Access document
    - Guideline 14. Parathyroidectomy in Patients With CKD: Access document
    - Guideline 15. Metabolic Acidosis: Access document
    - Guideline 16. Bone Disease in the Kidney Transplant Recipient: Access document
    - The Overall Approach to the Management of Bone Metabolism and Disease in CKD Patients: Access document
    - Biographical Sketches of Work Group Members: Access document
    - References: Access document
    - Complete Bibliography from Evidence Reports: Access document
    - Disclaimer: Access document
  - Hypertension and Antihypertensive Agents in Chronic Kidney Disease: Table of contents
    - Guideline 1. Goals of Antihypertensive Therapy in CKD: Access document
    - Guideline 2. Evaluation of Patients With CKD or Hypertension: Access document
    - Guideline 3. Measurement of Blood Pressure in Adults: Access document
    - Guideline 4. Evaluation for Renal Artery Disease: Access document
    - Guideline 5. Education on Self-Management Behavior: Access document
    - Guideline 6. Dietary and Other Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes in Adults: Access document
    - Guideline 7. Pharmacological Therapy: Use of Antihypertensive Agents in CKD: Access document
    - Guideline 8. Pharmacological Therapy: Diabetic Kidney Disease: Access document
    - Guideline 9. Pharmacological Therapy: Nondiabetic Kidney Disease: Access document
    - Guideline 10. Pharmacological Therapy: Kidney Disease in the Kidney Transplant Recipient: Access document
    - Guideline 11. Use of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers in CKD: Access document
    - Guideline 12. Use of Diuretics in CKD: Access document
    - Guideline 13. Special Considerations in Children: Access document
    - Recommendations for Clinical Performance Measures: Access document
    - Appendix 1: Methods Used for Guideline Development: Access document
    - Appendix 2: MEDLINE Search Strategies: Access document
    - Appendix 3: Technical Report on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in CKD: Access document
    - Work Group Biographies: Access document
    - Acknowledgments: Access document
    - References: Access document
    - K/DOQI Disclaimer: Access document
  - Treatment of Anemia of Chronic Renal Disease: Table of contents
    - Introduction: Access document
    - Anemia Work-up: Access document
    - Target Hematocrit/Hemoglobin: Access document
    - Iron Support: Access document
    - Administration of Epoetin: Access document
    - Inadequate Epoetin Response: Access document
    - Role of Red Blood Cell Transfusions: Access document
    - Possible Adverse Effects Related to Epoetin Therapy: Access document
National Guideline Clearinghouse: MeSH browse | Detailed search
- Kidney Failure, Chronic (MeSH browse): List of documents

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Homepage
- Conditions of the Urinary Tract and Sexual Organs, and Pregnancy Trials: Table of contents
  - Kidney Failure, Chronic: List of documents
  - Kidney Failure: List of documents
  - Kidney Diseases: List of documents
CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service: Homepage
- Clinical Trials by Disease Categories: Table of contents
  - Nephrology/Urology: List of documents
    - Kidney Failure: List of documents
    - Kidney Failure (Pediatric): List of documents
CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service: Homepage
- Clinical Trials by Disease Categories: Table of contents
  - Nephrology/Urology: List of documents
    - Kidney Failure: List of documents
    - Kidney Failure (Pediatric): List of documents
YAHOO - Health:Medicine:Clinical Trials
Additional Clinical Trials resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)

News Resources

Doctor's Guide to the Internet: Homepage
- Nephrology News: List of documents
  - Chronic Renal Failure (Keyword search): List of documents

Miscellaneous Chronic Renal Failure Clinical Resources

HealthWeb: Homepage
- Urology: Table of contents
  - Urologic Diseases and Conditions: List of documents
  - Atlases and Images: List of documents
  - General Resources: List of documents
  - Online Publications: List of documents
  - Education Programs: List of documents
  - Academic Institutions: List of documents
  - Associations and Foundations: List of documents
  - Career Resources: List of documents
  - Communication: List of documents
  - Conferences and Events: List of documents
  - Research Centers: List of documents
YAHOO - Health:Medicine:Nephrology
Additional Nephrology resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)