Finally, we owe a special debt of gratitude to the many KDIGO Board members and individuals who volunteered time reviewing the guide- line, and making very helpful suggestions. Bertram L Kasiske, MD David C Wheeler, MD, FRCP KDIGO Co-Chair KDIGO Co-Chair http://www.kidney-international.org & 2012 KDIGO Work Group Membership http://www.kidney-international.org & 2012 KDIGO WORK GROUP CO-CHAIRS Gavin J Becker, MD, FRACP Royal Melbourne Hospital Melbourne, Australia David C Wheeler, MD, FRCP University College London London, United Kingdom WORK GROUP Dick de Zeeuw, MD, PhD University Medical Center Groningen Groningen, Netherlands Toshiro Fujita, MD University of Tokyo School of Medicine Tokyo, Japan Susan L Furth, MD, PhD The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA, USA Hallvard Holdaas, MD, PhD Hospital Rikshospitalet Oslo, Norway Shanthi Mendis, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FACC World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland Suzanne Oparil, MD University of Alabama Birmingham, AL, USA Vlado Perkovic, MBBS, FRACP, FASN, PhD George Institute for International Health Sydney, Australia Cibele Isaac Saad Rodrigues, MD, PhD Catholic University of Sa o Paulo Sa o Paulo, Brazil Mark J Sarnak, MD, MS Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA, USA Guntram Schernthaner, MD Rudolfstiftung Hospital Vienna, Austria Charles R V Tomson, DM, FRCP Southmead Hospital Bristol, United Kingdom Carmine Zoccali, MD CNR-IBIM Clinical Research Unit, Ospedali Riuniti Reggio Calabria, Italy EVIDENCE REVIEW TEAM Tufts Center for Kidney Disease Guideline Development and Implementation, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA: Katrin Uhlig, MD, MS, Project Director; Director, Guideline Development Ashish Upadhyay, MD, Assistant Project Director Amy Earley, BS, Project Coordinator Shana Haynes, MS, DHSc, Research Assistant Jenny Lamont, MS, Project Manager In addition, support and supervision were provided by: Ethan M Balk, MD, MPH; Program Director, Evidence Based Medicine Abstract The 2012 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease aims to provide guidance on blood pressure management and treatment for all non-dialysis-dependent CKD patients and kidney transplant recipients. 