Early detection of chronic kidney disease in patients admitted to hospital for any reason, to enable best practice management and early referral to kidney specialists.
- Conditions
- Chronic Kidney DiseaseRenal and Urogenital - Kidney diseasePublic Health - Health service research
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12624000452594
- Lead Sponsor
- Canterbury Hospital, Sydney Local Health District
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1000
1.Any patient admitted to a public hospital under a medical, psychiatry
or surgical team between March 1 2024 - March 1 2025
2.Disease status: eGFR <45ml/min on first available admission
pathology.
Participants who:
1. Are pregnant
2. Have been seen by a nephrologist as an outpatient in the previous 12 months, as documented or referred to in the electronic medical record.
3. Have been seen by a nephrologist, or will be seen by a nephrologist as an inpatient during the incident admission.
4. Have a clear acute kidney injury (any eGFR >60ml/min in the past 3 months or >90ml/min in the past 6 months, or recover to a GFR >60ml/min during the period of enrolment.
5. Are from or being discharged to a high level care residential aged care facility
6. Have advanced dementia documented in the electronic medical record at any time
7. Are admitted under, or being reviewed by a palliative care physician for any reason, or receiving treatment with palliative intent.
8. Have been deemed not clinically appropriate for the intervention by a nephrologist due to poor prognosis or very advanced and complex comorbidities which make the benefit of CKD Stewardship very unlikely
8. Have died
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method