The UK Kidney Association (UKKA), formerly the Renal Association, is the second oldest

nephrology Nephrology is a specialty for both adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (renal physiology) and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kid ...

society in the world. The UKKA has over 1,400 doctors, scientists and multi-professional team members. __TOC__

History

It was founded in 1950 by

Arthur Arnold Osman Arthur Arnold Osman (24 May 1893 – 20 April 1972) was a British nephrologist. Osman was one of the first physicians to specialize entirely in the management of renal disorders; the first to recognize that nephrology needed to become a specialty ...

and first met on March 30, 1950, it is the second nephrology society in the world after the Société de Pathologie Rénale, which met in Paris in February 1949. For 71 years, the association has promoted and shared research on kidney disease. The Renal Association established the UK Renal Registry (UKRR) in 1995. The UKRR team manage data collection, analysis and reporting on approximately 8,000 new patients, 67,000 existing patients on RRT and on about 500,000 patients with an

acute kidney injury Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure (ARF), is a sudden decrease in renal function, kidney function that develops within seven days, as shown by an increase in serum creatinine or a decrease in urine output, or both. ...

each year. Data collated from renal centres and hospital laboratories is used to improve the care of patients with kidney disease across the UK. In 2005 the association, together with the

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, published national guidelines on the diagnosis and management of

chronic kidney disease Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a type of long-term kidney disease, defined by the sustained presence of abnormal kidney function and/or abnormal kidney structure. To meet criteria for CKD, the abnormalities must be present for at least three mo ...

(CKD), which led to the routine reporting of the

estimated glomerular filtration rate Renal functions include maintaining an acid–base balance; regulating fluid balance; regulating sodium, potassium, and other electrolytes; clearance (medicine), clearing toxins; absorption of glucose, amino acids, and other small molecules; reg ...

(eGFR) by most

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laboratories.

Activities

The Renal Association has continued to produce clinical practice guidance on the management of patients with

kidney disease Kidney disease, or renal disease, technically referred to as nephropathy, is damage to or disease of a kidney. Nephritis is an Inflammation, inflammatory kidney disease and has several types according to the location of the inflammation. Infla ...

since 1995. The guidelines are not funded by any external organisation, commercial company or charity. The guidelines have been accredited by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). As a membership organisation, the association supports all professionals involved in the care of patients with kidney disease and works with partners to enhance education, training and research. The association works closely with the Kidney Quality Improvement Partnership (KQuIP), the British Association of Paediatric Nephrology, the UK Renal Pharmacy Group, and RaDaR, the rare kidney disease registry. In April 2021 the British Renal Society and the Renal Association merged to create the UK Kidney Association, a new organisation dedicated to supporting the whole multi-professional team (MPT) in the delivery of kidney care, education and research.

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