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Closely monitor chronic kidney disease patients for dyslipidemias: new NFK practice guidelines.(Clinical Rounds)(National Kidney Foundation)

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| August 01, 2003 | Worcester, Sharon | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Medical News Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

DALLAS -- Patients with chronic kidney disease are at high risk for cardiovascular disease and should be closely monitored for dyslipidemias, according to new practice guidelines presented at a meeting on clinical nephrology sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation.

The evidence-based guidelines are part of an NKF initiative, the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI), which aims to improve patient outcomes by addressing complications and comorbidities of chronic kidney disease (CKD), Dr. Bertram Kasiske said. The dyslipidemia guidelines appeared in an April supplement to the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (Am. J. Kidney Dis. 41[4, pt. 4]:S22-S58, …

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