USEFUL WEBLINKS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

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Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines on Chronic Kidney Disease

• Absolute CVD Risk Guidelines and Resources  
  Initiative of National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance (NVDPA) - Diabetes Australia, Kidney Health Australia, National Heart Foundation of Australia and National Stroke Foundation ©
  • CVD Risk Calculator Check patient risk score of CVD within next 5 years
  • Resources for health professionals and Resources for consumers
  • Hypertension Treatment” wall chart and Managing blood pressure and lipids
• Australian DIabetes Council
  •  Diabetes and kidney disease - statistics
  •  Kidney Health Resources for Health Professionals
  •  Renal damage treatment information for health professionals
• Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association (CARPA) Reference manual for CKD
• Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Management in General Practice - new 2nd edition 
  * Detecting CKD and our GFR Calculator (CKD-EPI formula)
• National Evidence Based Guideline - Diagnosis Prevention & Management of CKD in T2 Diabetes
• KHA-CARI Guidelines Caring for Australasians with Renal Impairment
  • Chronic Kidney Disease  *Dialysis  *Transplantation (Guideline categories)
• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
  • Diabetes Management in General Practice (17th Edition) 2011/12  
  • Red Book - Guidelines for Preventive Activities in General Practice (7th edition)  
  • Putting Prevention into Practice (The Green Book) 2nd edition 2006  
  • Guide to a preventive health assessment in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people

Global Clinical Practice Guidelines on CKD

• Canadian Society of Nephrology (CSN) Guidelines
• Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study D.O.P.P.S Study
• European Best Practice Guidelines ERBP (European Renal Best Practice) ERA-EDTA
• Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Europe, Canada, Australia, UK & US
• Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Guidelines USA
• PREVEND Study (Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-Stage Disease)
• Renal Association (UK) e-Guide to CKD Guidelines derived from NICE - SIGN
• Summary links to all global Renal Best Practice Guidelines

Australian Kidney Research Projects

• AusDiab Study Reports (2000 and 2005) Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
  • Chronic Kidney Disease Monitoring Advisory Committee (CKDMAC) advised by National Centre for Monitoring Chronic Kidney Disease  *AIHW CKD statistics and Publications
• Australian Stem Cell Centre Latest news on research Renal Regeneration Group  
• Centre for Kidney Research  The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney NSW 
• Cochrane Renal Group Australia - online library Cochrane Collaboration
• George Institute for International Health  Reducing global burden of disease 
• National Institute of Clinical Studies Evidence - Practice Gaps Report (Volume 2) 
• National Health and Medical Research Council NHMRC
• Nocturnal Dialysis  Home haemodialysis - Geelong Hospital Victoria

Australian Kidney Trials Network
The AKTN's mission is to deliver high quality clinical trials to improve the health and wellbeing of people with kidney disease. Refer Publications from completed Clinical Trials *Recruiting Trials and Trials in development *Trials - Newsletters on Trials in progress *Trial review and approval process

Scope of research includes: clinical trials in both paediatric and adult populations; secondary prevention trials in high risk populations e.g. those with diabetes, Indigenous Australians, and those with proteinuria; trials in patients with end-stage kidney disease; in particular the renal dialysis and renal transplant populations; trials in patients with acute renal failure.

Kidney Cancer Clinical Trials

• Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) www.anzctr.org.au
• Clinical Trials New South Wales www.clinicaltrials.org.au

Australasian Health Professional Organisations

• Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology
• Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology ANZSN
• Australasian Medical Writers Association 
• Dietitians Association of Australia Hotline 1800 812 942   
• High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia
• National Health and Medical Research Council NHMRC
• Research Australia
• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners RACGP
• Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
• Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand TSANZ

Professional Nursing Societies

• American Nephrology Nurses Association ANNA
• Australian Practice Nurses Association APNA
• Renal Society of Australasia RSA
• Transplant Nurses Association Australia TNAA

CKD Early Detection and Evaluation programs

• KEEP - Kidney Early Evaluation Program USA
• KEY - Kidney Evaluation for You Australia
• IKEAJ - International Kidney Evaluation Association Japan Tokyo  

CKD in Australia - Information and statistics

• CKD in Australia  High level stats and reports - KHA webpage
• Central Australia Renal Study (OATSIH) July 2011
• CKD Queensland Collaborative multidisciplinary research and practice program
• Economic Impact of End-Stage Kidney Disease in Australia - Projections to 2020
  
  • Executive Summary (5 November 2010)  
  • Economic Impact of End-Stage Kidney Disease in Australia and *Cost-effectiveness of Early Detection and Intervention to Prevent Progression of CKD in Australia (2006)
• Publications Key Database  KHA webpage
  • 2nd CKD Summit - Summary  *1st CKD Summit - Summary
  • Australian CKD Strategy 2006 - Summary  and Report

Renal and Organ Donation Registries - Australian and global

• ANZDATA Australia & New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry
• European Renal Association - International Renal Registries
• Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation 
• US Renal Data System American national data system for end-stage renal disease

Education for Health Professionals

• Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Internet gateway
• Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
• Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Management in General Practice
  • eGFR MDRD Calculator and Clinical Tools  
• Kidney Check Australia Taskforce  KHA - education program  for  health professionals (CME points)
• QKidney risk calculator of long term kidney damage over 5 year period 
• Renal Drug Reference Guide Australian - valuable tool in primary care setting
  Enquiries: Matthew Cervelli info@renalrugreference.com.au or call +61 408 846 901
• Seize CKD (NKF USA) Educational Tool
• UpToDate (Netherlands) access physician-level content