Renal Association

Renal Association

The Renal Association is a British professional organisation of nephrologists (specialists in nephrology or kidney disease). It was founded in 1950 by Arthur Arnold Osman after the example of the French "Societé de Pathologie Renale". [cite web |url=http://www.renal.org/pages/pages/the-association/history.php |author=Renal.org|title=History of the Renal Association |accessdate=2007-10-07 |format= |work=] The current president is Professor Peter Mathieson. [cite web |url=http://www.renal.org/pages/pages/the-association/executive.php |author=Renal Association|title=Executive Committee |accessdate=2007-10-07 |format= |work=] It has loose alliances with its pedriatic counterpart, the British Association For Paediatric Nephrology, and with the Royal Colleges of Physicians. It cooperates closely with the National Service Framework for kidney disease, currently led by Dr Donal O'Donoghue, the "Tsar" for Renal Services in the UK. [cite web |url=http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=260005&NewsAreaID=2 |author=GNN - Government News Network |title=Government announces appointment of new Tsar for Renal Services | accessdate=2007-10-07 |format= |work=]

In 2005 the association published, together with the RCP of London, national guidelines on the diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD), which led to the routine reporting of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by most National Health Service laboratories. [cite web |url=http://www.renal.org/CKDguide/ckd.html |author=Renal Association|title=The UK CKD Guidelines |accessdate=2007-10-07 |format= |work=] In 2007 it participated in a consensus conference on the management of early CKD. [cite web |url=http://www.renal.org/CKDguide/consensus.html |author=Renal Association|title=Consensus statement 2007 |accessdate=2007-10-07 |format= |work=]

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