The Acute Care QUAliTy in chronIc Kidney disease study
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Chronic kidney diseaseUrological and Genital Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN37237454
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
2015 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25941178
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 4000
Inclusion Criteria
1. Male and female aged 18 years or over
2. Patient from GP practices in the two main Clinical Commissioning Groups served by University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust; i.e. Birmingham South and Central and Birmingham Cross City CCGs
Exclusion Criteria
1. Unable to give informed consent
2. Patient on dialysis or with a working kidney transplant
3. Patient already under long-term follow-up by renal team in secondary care
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Do UK patients classified with chronic kidney disease by their GP have higher hospital re-admission rates than patients not classified with CKD
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method