CARI - Caring for Australasians with Renal Impairment

The CARI guidelines are now divided into three disease stages - Chronic Kidney Disease; Dialysis; and Transplantation. Each guideline comprises various subtopics and their recommendations.

The status of the different guidelines are outlined below:

Chronic Kidney Disease Guidelines	Status
Early Chronic Kidney Disease	Under development
Prevention of Progression of Kidney Disease	Published April 2006 & Feb 2007
Nutrition and Growth in Kidney Disease	Published Dec 2005
Cardiovascular Risk Factors	Under development
Vitamin D, Calcimimetics and Phosphate Binders	Published April 2006
Urine Protein as Diagnostic Test	Published Oct 2004
Evaluation of Renal Function	Published Oct 2005
Kidney Stones	Published Feb 2007
Renal Vasculitis	Published Aug 2008
Renovascular Disease	Published April 2010
Type 2 Diabetes: Kidney Disease	Published April 2010
Diagnosis & Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection in Children	Under development
Dialysis Guidelines	Status
Acceptance onto Dialysis	Published Oct 2005 & April 2010
Biochemical and Haematological Targets	Published Mar 2000, April 2006, Aug 2008, Nov 2011
Dialysis Adequacy	Published Oct 2005
Peritonitis Treatment and Prophylaxis	Published Oct 2004 [Currently being updated]
Vascular Access	Published Mar 2000 & Aug 2008 [Currently being updated]
Transplantation Guidelines	Status
Deceased Kidney Donor Suitability	Published Oct 2005
CMV Disease and Kidney Transplantation	Published Oct 2011
Calcineurin Inhibitors in Renal Transplantation	Published Feb 2007
Recipient Assessment for Transplantation	Currently under development
Living Kidney Donors	Published April 2010
Nutrition in Kidney Transplant Recipients	Published April 2010
**Adaption of KDIGO Guideline for the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients	Published Jan 2012

** The summary adaptation of the transplant recipient guideline has been published as a pre-publication accepted article by the journal Nephrology and is yet to undergo copy-editing and proof correction. The full guideline will be available on the CARI website following final publication of the summary by Nephrology. Please cite the summary guideline as an - Accepted Article; doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2011.01559.x

The CARI Guidelines process aims to revise guidelines every three years to incorporate the latest evidence and keep guidelines relevant.

As updating is completed, the finalised guidelines will be published in the journal 'Nephrology'. Please note that guidelines developed before 2004 were created according to a different process to the current one, and have not been peer reviewed.

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