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While information on this site is believed to be reliable, we do not make any guarantees about the accuracy of information or calculations contained on this site. Calculations should be double-checked. kidney.wiki, including its owners, authors, and developers, cannot be medically, financially, or legally responsible for any decisions made using the tools or content on this site. It is intended as an aid for medical professionals but is not a replacement for individual clinical judgment.

For education/information purposes only

kidney.wiki contains guidelines and recommendations based on published information. Specific medications, doses, and techniques may be adjusted based on patient condition and clinician judgment. This website is to be used only by clinicians with appropriate experience, training, and supervision. kidney.wiki is not meant to be a comprehensive guide to therapy. Although every reasonable effort is made to present current and accurate information, the kidney.wiki team makes no guarantees of any kind.

Not medical advice

Information provided here is for medical education only. It is a supplemental aid for medical professionals. It is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice.

If you are a patient, please see your doctor for evaluation. Do not use this website. The content on this site should not replace the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and their physician.

Opinions own

All opinions expressed on the website are those of the respective author(s) and not of their employer(s).

No endorsements or ads

The appearance of external hyperlinks to other websites does not constitute endorsement. We do not verify, endorse or take responsibility for the accuracy, currency, completeness or quality of the content contained in these sites.

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Editorial control

The authors and editors create the content on kidney.wiki. Any sponsorships, grants or donations will be accepted only on an unrestricted basis, and may not be conditioned on any editorial control, supervision or direction.

Ideas, methods and systems - including scientific discoveries and mathematical equations - are not protected by copyright. All material on kidney.wiki is originally prepared by the author(s). References are made to original works as appropriate; these works are the intellectual property of their respective authors/publishers. If you feel your copyright(s) have been violated, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we will remove the offending content.

All kidney.wiki material is protected by copyright. Portions of site material, including figures, tables, and portions of topics, may be shared with attribution on social media or noncommercial medical education websites. Written permission from kidney.wiki is required to reproduce any material from kidney.wiki in publications (e.g., scientific journals), on noncommercial websites that are not exclusively for medical education, or on commercial websites.

Last modified: April 4, 2022

Acceptance of the Terms of Use

Welcome to the website of kidney.wiki (”kidney.wiki”, “we” or “us”). By using or accessing any kidney.wiki product or service, including the kidney.wiki website or any database, software, mobile applications, content, data, materials, documentation, information, calculators, services, or websites created, published or owned by kidney.wiki, its affiliates, or its licensors (the “Content”), you agree to be bound and abide by the following Terms of Use (these “Terms of Use”). If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use, you must not access or use the Content.

Changes to the Terms of Use

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Content thereafter. Your continued use of the Content following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

Reliance on Information Posted

The information presented on or through the Content is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information, including, without limitation, any ICD-9/10 codes or other codes relating to medical billing and the satisfaction of government regulations requiring disclosure of information on prescription drug products. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Content, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

This Content includes content provided by third parties, including materials provided by third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by kidney.wiki, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of kidney.wiki. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

The information presented on or through the Content is intended for persons with adequate medical education and skills, specifically, (1) physicians and other competent healthcare professionals who will rely on their own discretion and judgment in medical diagnosis, clinical decisions and treatment, and (2) researchers who will not use the information for medical diagnosis. The information presented on the Content has been reviewed by licensed medical professionals with the purpose of providing you diagnostic tools and treatment options in conformance with the standards of professional practice at the time of publication. However, the Content is not intended for and should not be used as a substitute for the advice of a physician or other health care professional and any patient management decisions should be made by competent health care professionals using their own judgment, experience and, when necessary, definitive sources of information, as well as their individual assessment of each patient and his or her unique circumstances. Furthermore, you are advised to review all product information sheets included in the package of each drug you plan to prescribe or administer as drug-related information on the Content may be incomplete and/or outdated.

Accessing the Content and Account Security

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Content, and any service or material we provide on the Content, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Content is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Content, or the entire Content, to users, including registered users.

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To access the Content or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Content that all the information you provide on the Content is correct, current and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Content or otherwise, including but not limited to through the use of any interactive features on the Content, is governed by our Privacy Policy and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

If you choose, or are provided with, a username, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Content or portions of it using your username, password or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.

We have the right to disable any username, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

Intellectual Property Rights

The Content and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by kidney.wiki, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

These Terms of Use grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable license to use and access the Content for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on our Content, except as follows:

  • Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
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You must not:

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If you wish to make any use of material on the Content other than that set out in this section, please address your request to: [email protected].

If you print, copy, modify, download or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Content in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Content will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

No right, title or interest in or to the Content is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by kidney.wiki.

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Prohibited Uses

You may use the Content only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Content:

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Additionally, you agree not to:

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Changes to the Content

We may update the content on this Content from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Content may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material. You are advised to use the most up-to-date version of the Content as updates may be made to reflect changes in medical standards and practices.

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Limitation on Liability

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THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

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Governing Law and Jurisdiction

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Restriction on Transfer

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Waiver and Severability

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Entire Agreement

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