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Kawasaki's Disease

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

Keratoconus

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

Kidney Cancer

• Cryotherapy for renal cancers NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)
• European Association of Urology (2007)
• 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)

Kidney Cysts

• Laparoscopic deroofing of simple renal cysts NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (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)
• 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, 4th edition Renal Association (December 2007)
• Consensus statement on management of early chronic kidney disease Renal Association (2007)
• Guideline for the management of ureteral calculi European Association of Urology (2007)
• Guidelines by an ad hoc European committee for elective chronic peritoneal dialysis in paediatric patients European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (2001)
• 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 CREST (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 (2003)
• Laparoscopic insertion of peritoneal dialysis catheter NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)
• Laparoscopic nephrolithotomy and pyelolithotomy NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)
• Pyelonephritis - acute Clinical Knowledge Summaries (2005)
• Renal colic - acute.
• Renal failure - home versus hospital haemodialysis NICE (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 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 in Adults: UK Guidelines for Identification, Management and Referral Royal College of Physicians and Renal Association (2006)
• 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, 4th edition Renal Association (December 2007)
• Consensus statement on management of early chronic kidney disease Renal Association (2007)
• Guidelines by an ad hoc European committee for elective chronic peritoneal dialysis in paediatric patients European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (2001)
• 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 CREST (2006)
• Laparoscopic insertion of peritoneal dialysis catheter NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)
• Renal failure - home versus hospital haemodialysis NICE (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 (2005)

Kidney Injury

• Clinical practice guidelines - acute kidney injury Renal Association (April 2008)
• Guidelines on urological trauma European Association of Urology (2003)

Kidney Stones

• Guideline for the management of ureteral calculi European Association of Urology (2007)
• Guidelines on urolithiasis European Association of Urology (2008)
• Laparoscopic nephrolithotomy and pyelolithotomy NICE Interventional Procedure Guidance (2007)
• Renal colic - acute.

Kidney Transplant

• Clinical practice guidelines - assessment for renal transplantation Renal Association (March 2008)
• Clinical practice guidelines: complications of chronic kidney disease, 4th edition Renal Association (December 2007)
• Codes of practice related to the removal, storage, use and disposal of human tissue and organs. Includes donation of organs, tissue and cells, bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells for transplantation Human Tissue Authority (various dates)
• Guidelines for kidney transplantation in patients with hiv disease British HIV Association (2005)
• Guidelines on renal transplantation European Association of Urology (2006)
• Renal transplantation - immunosuppressive regimens for children and adolescents (No. 99) 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)
• The use of epoetin alfa before orthopaedic surgery in patients with mild anaemia NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (2006)