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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for clinical guidelines on chronic kidney disease

From: Diagnosis and management of non-dialysis chronic kidney disease in ambulatory care: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines

Inclusion criteria

Excluson criteria:

guideline issued in an industrialized country

relevance limited to subspecialty or subtheme

guideline is relevant to management of patients with CKD

relevance is limited to acute renal insufficiency

guideline is targeted to adult patients

target group of children

guideline is available in one of the following languages: Dutch/Flemish, English, French, German

relevance is limited to pregnancy or childbirth

guideline is relevant to ambulatory patients

relevance is limited to KDIGO stage 4 and above

 

relevance is limited to patients on dialysis

 

relevance is limited to kidney transplant patients

 

relevance is limited to inpatients

  1. CKD Chronic Kidney Disease