The Living Guidelines: Chronic Kidney Disease Polling Results for CLASS I Guidelines

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Class I Guidelines
1. Creatinine clearance should be estimated in UA / NSTEMI patients and the doses of drugs (with renal clearance) should be adjusted appropriately. (Class I Level of Evidence: B)

 AHA / ACC 2007 PCI Guidelines Class I Recommendation 1 for Chronic Kidney Disease should be CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III 2. In chronic kidney disease patients undergoing angiography, iso-osmolar contrast agents are indicated and are preferred. (Class I Level of Evidence: A)

 AHA / ACC 2007 PCI Guidelines Class I Recommendation 2 for Chronic Kidney Disease should be CLASS I CLASS IIa CLASS IIb CLASS III