Kidney Health Australia Position Statements
From time to time Kidney Health Australia publish Position Statements on various kidney related subjects. Each statement is developed by expert health professionals, approved by the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee and reviewed by our Board of Directors. You’ll also find links below to guidelines developed by Kidney Health Australia in collaboration with other organizations.
All documents on this site are current. Each year MSAC review these position statements and recommend that they be either reaffirmed, revised, or retired. Retired statements are removed from the website.
Dialysis Nephrology Transplantation (DNT) Endorsed Position Statements
There has been recent discussion about the need for clinical alerts and notification of new and important data to the Australian and New Zealand Nephrology community. The DNT sub-committee has undertaken to review urgent and important issues and notify ANZSN members with clinical reviews and position statements. See below the first of these statements.
New recommendations for use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in kidney patients This is an excellent review of the literature about Gadolinium Contrast and NSF written by members of the Departments of Radiology and Nephrology at Auckland City Hospital and includes clinical recommendations for the use of Gadolinium Contrast in MRI.