Effectiveness and current status of multidisciplinary care for patients with chronic kidney disease in Japan: a nationwide multicenter cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multidisciplinary care is well established in clinical practice, but its effectiveness in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether multidisciplinary care could help to avoid worsening kidney function in patients with CKD.

Methods

This nationwide study had a multicenter retrospective observational design and included 3015 Japanese patients with CKD stage 3-5 who received multidisciplinary care. We assessed the annual decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate (ΔeGFR) and urinary protein in the 12 months before and 24 months after the start of multidisciplinary care. All-cause mortality and initiation of renal replacement therapy were investigated according to baseline characteristics.

Result

SUBMITTER: Abe M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10192167 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature