Early referral to specialist nephrology services for preventing the progression to end-stage kidney disease

Neil A. Smart*, Thomas Titus, Liz Dooley

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Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:

Primary outcomes

Does early referral reduce all‐cause mortality and hospitalisation, and improve quality of life, measured by the visual analogue scale and SF‐36 (Caskey 2003). SF‐36 and KDQoL are a validated tools for kidney diseases (Gentile 2003).

Secondary outcomes

Does early referral delay onset of RRT?

Is there any objective evidence that early nephrological referral improves outcomes, for example, mortality, morbidity, psychosocial benefits, quality of life?

Are cardiovascular risk factors better addressed with combined nephrologist and primary care physician care?
Original languageEnglish
Article numberCD007333
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jul 2008

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