Nephrology — KDIGO Guidelines

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) is the international nephrology guideline consortium. All KDIGO guidelines are free, open-access, and evidence-graded (1A → 2D). Published in Kidney International supplements.

Guideline portal

• KDIGO Guidelines (all)

Active guidelines (selected)

• 2024 KDIGO CKD Evaluation & Management Guideline — replaces 2012; current GFR + albuminuria staging: local PDF · upstream
• KDIGO BP in CKD (2021)
• KDIGO Diabetes Management in CKD (2022 update) — SGLT2i recommendations.
• KDIGO Acute Kidney Injury (2012 — interim KDIGO AKI in adults & children pending)
• KDIGO Glomerular Diseases (2021)
• KDIGO Lipid Management in CKD (2013)
• KDIGO Anemia in CKD (2012)
• KDIGO CKD-MBD (2017 update) — mineral & bone disorder.

Pediatric nephrology

• KDIGO statements on pediatric CKD — controversies conferences feed pediatric updates.
• 2023 AAP CPG: Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children & Adolescents (update of 2017) — Flynn JT et al.

Calculators / staging tools

• CKD-EPI 2021 GFR Calculator (race-free)
• Pediatric GFR — Modified Schwartz Equation (MDCalc)
• Albumin-to-creatinine ratio interpretation (KDIGO heat map)

Electrolyte / acid-base

See Critical Care — Electrolytes for repletion charts. KDIGO does not publish electrolyte-specific guidelines; reach for the IBCC for acute management.