2018 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease Guideline Implementation: Asia Summit Conference Report

• Main Authors: Philip Kam Tao Li, Sunita Bavanandan, Rosmawati Mohamed, Cheuk Chun Szeto, Vincent Wai Sun Wong, Kai Ming Chow, Yock Young Dan, Chiu Ching Huang, Ching Lung Lai, Tawesak Tanwandee, Boon Wee Teo, Grace Lai Hung Wong, Eng Kiong Yeoh, Kunitoshi Iseki, Chi Bon Leung, Hyeong Cheon Park, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Wanhong Lu, James Fung, Jidong Jia, Eiichiro Kanda, Man Ching Law, Hong Liu, Ching Kong Loo, Siu Ka Mak, Sing Leung Lui, Hon Lok Tang, Angela Yee Moon Wang, Ming Lung Yu, Michael Cheung, Michel Jadoul
• Other Authors: The University of Hong Kong, State Key Laboratory of Liver Research
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/58053
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2020 International Society of Nephrology In 2018, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) published a clinical practice guideline on the prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in chronic kidney disease (CKD). The guideline synthesized recent advances, especially in HCV therapeutics and diagnostics, and provided clinical recommendations and suggestions to aid healthcare providers and improve care for CKD patients with HCV. To gain insight into the extent that the 2018 guideline has been adopted in Asia, KDIGO convened an HCV Implementation Summit in Hong Kong. Participants included nephrologists, hepatologists, and nurse consultants from 8 Southeast Asian countries or regions with comparable high-to-middle economic ranking by the World Bank: mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. Through presentations and discussions, meeting participants described regional practice patterns related to the KDIGO HCV in CKD guideline, identified barriers to implementing the guideline, and developed strategies for overcoming the barriers in Asia and around the world.