The Work Group considered all of the valuable comments made, and where appropriate, suggested changes were incorporated into the nal publication. The following individuals and organizations provided feedback during the public review of the draft guideline: Baris Afsar, Ahmed Akl, Laith Al-Rabadi, B lent Altun, Pablo Amair, Mustafa Arici, Lynda Azzouz, George L. Bakris, Rommel Bataclan, Zineb Benjelloun, Patrick Biggar, Juliana Borborema, Victor Botero, Jordi Bover, British and Irish Hypertension Society, Lawrence Byrd, Rolando Claure-Del Granado, Indranil Dasgupta, Ian H. de Boer, Filippo De Stefano, Goffredo Del Rosso, Laura Fiersens, Joseph T. Flynn, Eleni Frangou, Daniel Froment, Alvaro Garcia, Osama Gheith, Richard J. Glassock, Claudia Fernanda Leiva Gomez, Manuel Gorostidi, Remi Goupil, William E. Haley, Tess Harris, Clarissa Havel, Lai Seong Hooi, Fan Hook Hou, Chiu- Ching Huang, R meyza Turan Kazancio glu, Said Khamis, Arif Khwaja, Bernhard Karl Kr mer, Craig B. Langman, Edgar V. Lerma, Lingyun Li, Jose Lima, Jos Ant nio Lopes, Fran- cesca Mallamaci, Partha Pratim Mandal, Roberto Ramirez Marmolejo, Michel Marre, Sandro Mazzaferro, Mehran Raghib Motlagh, Eugen Mota, Martin Myers, Narcisse Oue- draogo, Alberto Ortiz, Fabio Paglialonga, Sa_ Ime Paydas, Carmen A. Peralta, Carlos Eduardo Poli-de-Figueiredo, Harun Rashid, Maria Fernanda Slon Roblero, Nicolas Rob- erto Robles, Cibele Isaac Rodrigues, Patrick Rossignol, Luis M. Ruilope, Rafael Santamaria, Nigar Sekercioglu, Deepak Sharma, Alexander Shutov, Habib Skhiri, Andrew Smyth, Sandra J. Taler, Ekamol Tantisattamo, Nhan Tran, UK Renal Association, Markus van der Giet, Janelle Vicknair, Ji-Guang Wang, Daniel E. Weiner, Paul K. Whelton, Chi Pang Wen, Helen Yeh, Carmine Zoccali, and Muhammed Zubair. Participation in the review does not necessarily consti- tute endorsement of the content of this report by the above individuals or the organizations or institutions they represent. Alfred K. Cheung, MD Johannes F.E. Mann, MD Work Group Co-Chairs acknowledgments www.kidney-international.org References 1. 