K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease Evaluation, Classification and Stratification is a manual developed for healthcare professionals. It provides direction for early identification and appropriate treatment that can result in improved patient outcomes. The chronic kidney disease (CKD) guidelines includes 15 recommendations related to the assessment and classification of chronic kidney disease, association of level of kidney function with complications and a stratification of risk for progression and development of cardiovascular disease in CKD. The following are some of the educational materials available on CKD guidelines.