AIM 1. To determine whether implementation of current national standards in relation to their achievement or non-achievement, improves outcomes in ESRD patients, receiving dialysis. AIM 2. To assess the impact on outcomes in ESRD patients, receiving dialysis, of non-treatment factors (for example, ethnicity and socio-economic factors) at the start of dialysis treatment. AIM 3. To assess the impact of mode of referral to nephrology services and dialysis modality, including haemodialysis access, on outcomes in patients with ESRD. AIM 4. To report the strongest predictors of outcomes in terms of mortality, transplantation and hospitalisation in patients with ESRD, receiving dialysis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:492713 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Trehan, Anubha |
| Publisher | University of Manchester |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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