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Approach for guideline development
Chairman EBPG for haemodialysis
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Raymond Vanholder, Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Science, OK12, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. Email: raymond.vanholder@ugent.be
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The first wave of European Best Practice Guidelines (EBPG) in haemodialysis was completed in spring 2002 and was published in November 2002 in Supplement 7 of Volume 17 of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation [1]. This issue contained the guidelines on: (i) measurement of renal function, when to refer and when to start dialysis; (ii) haemodialysis adequacy; (iii) biocompatibility; (iv) dialysis fluid purity; (v) chronic intermittent haemodialysis and prevention of clotting in the extracorporeal system; (vi) haemodialysis-associated infection and (vii) vascular disease and risk factors.
From the start of the development procedure of the first wave, it had been decided that a second wave would follow, dealing with a remaining number of topics of interest. The first meeting of the work group responsible for the writing process was held on 8 April 2003.
The following topics were to be dealt with: (i) intradialytic haemodynamic instability; (ii) vascular access; (iii)