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Kawasaki's Disease

• Clinical guidelines for the use of intravenous immunoglobulin Department of Health (November 2007)

Keratitis

• Red eye Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2008)

Keratoconus

• Corneal implants for keratoconus NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (2007)

Kidney Cancer

• Cryotherapy for renal cancers NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (2007)
• EFNS Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of brain metastases: report of an EFNS Task Force European Federation of Neurological Societies (2006)
• Guidelines on renal cell carcinoma European Association of Urology (2007)
• Improving outcomes in urological cancers NICE Cancer Service Guidance (2002)
• Laparoscopic nephrectomy (including nephroureterectomy) NICE (2005)
• Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy NICE (2006)
• Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of renal cancer NICE (2004)
• Renal cell carcinoma NICE Technology Appraisal Guidelines (August 2009)
• Sunitinib for the first-line treatment of advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance (March 2009)

Kidney Cysts

• Laparoscopic deroofing of simple renal cysts NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (2007)

Kidney Disorders

• Anaemia management in chronic kidney disease NICE (2006)
• Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults: UK Guidelines for Identification; Management and Referral Royal College of Physicians and Renal Association (2006)
• Chronic kidney disease NICE Clinical Guideline (September 2008)
• Cinacalcet for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance dialysis therapy NICE Technology Appraisal (2007)
• Clinical practice guidelines - acute kidney injury Renal Association (April 2008)
• Clinical practice guidelines for haemodialysis Renal Association (2007)
• Clinical practice guidelines for peritoneal dialysis Renal Association (2007)
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Renal Association (2007)
• Clinical practice guidelines: complications of chronic kidney disease Renal Association (December 2007)
• Consensus statement on management of early chronic kidney disease Renal Association (2007)
• Diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease SIGN (June 2008)
• Guideline for the management of ureteral calculi European Association of Urology (2007)
• Guidelines by an ad hoc European committee on adequacy and the paediatric peritoneal dialysis prescription European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (2002)
• Guidelines by an ad hoc European committee on the assessment of growth and nutritional status in children on chronic peritoneal dialysis European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (2001)
• Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease in Northern Ireland Clinical Resource Efficiency Support Team (2006)
• Guidelines on Paediatric Urology European Society of Urology (2008)
• Guidelines on renal transplantation European Association of Urology (2006)
• Guidelines on the Management of Urinary and Male Genital Tract Infections European Association of Urology (2008)
• Guidelines on urolithiasis European Association of Urology (2008)
• Guidelines on urological trauma European Association of Urology (2008)
• Laparoscopic insertion of peritoneal dialysis catheter NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (2007)
• Laparoscopic nephrolithotomy and pyelolithotomy NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (2007)
• Renal failure - home versus hospital haemodialysis NICE Technology Appraisal (2002)
• Renal replacement therapy for acute renal failure in children : European guidelines European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (2004)
• Renal transplantation - immuno-suppressive regimens NICE (2004)

Kidney Drugs

• Renal cell carcinoma NICE Technology Appraisal Guidelines (August 2009)

Kidney Excision

• Laparoscopic live donor simple nephrectomy NICE (2004)
• Laparoscopic nephrectomy (including nephroureterectomy) NICE (2005)
• Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy NICE (2006)

Kidney Failure

• Anaemia management in chronic kidney disease NICE (2006)
• Chronic kidney disease - not diabetic Clinical Knowledge Summaries (July 2009)
• Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults: UK Guidelines for Identification; Management and Referral Royal College of Physicians and Renal Association (2006)
• Chronic kidney disease NICE Clinical Guideline (September 2008)
• Cinacalcet for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance dialysis therapy NICE Technology Appraisal (2007)
• Clinical practice guidelines - acute kidney injury Renal Association (April 2008)
• Clinical practice guidelines - assessment for renal transplantation Renal Association (March 2008)
• Clinical practice guidelines for haemodialysis Renal Association (2007)
• Clinical practice guidelines for peritoneal dialysis Renal Association (2007)
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Renal Association (2007)
• Clinical practice guidelines: complications of chronic kidney disease Renal Association (December 2007)
• Consensus statement on management of early chronic kidney disease Renal Association (2007)
• Diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease SIGN (June 2008)
• Guidelines by an ad hoc European committee on adequacy and the paediatric peritoneal dialysis prescription European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (2002)
• Guidelines by an ad hoc European committee on the assessment of growth and nutritional status in children on chronic peritoneal dialysis European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (2001)
• Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease in Northern Ireland Clinical Resource Efficiency Support Team (2006)
• Laparoscopic insertion of peritoneal dialysis catheter NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (2007)
• Renal failure - home versus hospital haemodialysis NICE Technology Appraisal (2002)
• Renal replacement therapy for acute renal failure in children : European guidelines European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (2004)
• Renal transplantation - immuno-suppressive regimens NICE (2004)

Kidney Infection

• Guidelines on the Management of Urinary and Male Genital Tract Infections European Association of Urology (2008)
• Pyelonephritis - acute Clinical Knowledge Summaries (April 2009)

Kidney Injury

• Clinical practice guidelines - acute kidney injury Renal Association (April 2008)
• Guidelines on urological trauma European Association of Urology (2008)

Kidney Stones

• Guideline for the management of ureteral calculi European Association of Urology (2007)
• Guidelines for acute management of first presentation of renal / ureteric lithiasis (excluding pregnancy) British Association of Urological Surgeons (December 2008)
• Guidelines on urolithiasis European Association of Urology (2008)
• Laparoscopic nephrolithotomy and pyelolithotomy NICE Interventional Procedure Guideline (2007)
• Renal colic - acute Clinical Knowledge Summaries (April 2009)

Kidney Transplant

• Clinical practice guidelines - assessment for renal transplantation Renal Association (March 2008)
• Clinical practice guidelines: complications of chronic kidney disease Renal Association (December 2007)
• Codes of practice related to the removal; storage; use and disposal of human tissue and organs Human Tissue Authority (various dates)
• Diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease SIGN (June 2008)
• Guidelines for kidney transplantation in patients with hiv disease British HIV Association (2005)
• Guidelines on renal transplantation European Association of Urology (2006)
• Organ preservation (renal) - machine perfusion and static storage NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance (January 2009)
• Renal transplantation - immunosuppressive regimens for children and adolescents NICE (2006)
• Transplantation guidelines (various) British Transplantation Society (various dates)

Knee Problems

• Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction: best practice British Orthopaedic Association (2001)
• Cartilage injury - autologous cartilage transplantation NICE (2005)
• Mosaicplasty for knee cartilage defects NICE (2006)

Knee Replacement

• Mini-incision surgery for total knee replacement NICE (2005)
• Osteoarthritis Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2008)
• Osteoarthritis NICE Clinical Guideline (January 2008)
• The use of epoetin alfa before orthopaedic surgery in patients with mild anaemia NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (2006)
• Venous thromboembolism - dabigatran NICE Technology Appraisal Guideline (September 2008)
• Venous thromboembolism - rivaroxaban NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance (April 2009)