Jianzhen Zhang

Nov 5, 2024 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Vishal Diwan |Wendy E Hoy |Zaimin Wang |Jianzhen Zhang

RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: Little is known about hospital admissions in nondialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) before death or starting kidney replacement therapy (KRT). STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective observational cohort study.

Nov 5, 2024 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Wendy E Hoy |Zaimin Wang |Jianzhen Zhang |Vishal Diwan

AIM: To describe adults with (non-dialysis) chronic kidney disease (CKD) in nine public renal practice sites in the Australian state of Queensland. METHODS: 7,060 persons were recruited to a CKD Registry in May 2011 and until start of kidney replacement therapy (KRT), death without KRT or June 2018, for a median period of 3.4 years.