Predictors of late presentation to renal dialysis: a cohort study of linked primary and secondary care records in East London.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The outcomes and experience of care for patients who start renal replacement therapy (RRT) in an unplanned manner are worse than for those who have planned care. The objective of this study was to examine the primary care predictors of unplanned starts to RRT.

Design

Retrospective cohort study with linked primary care and hospital data.

Setting

128 general practices in East London with a combined population of 1 043 346 people.

Participants

999 consecutive patients starting dialysis at Barts Health National Health Service Trust between September 2014 and August 2017.

Primary outcome measures

Unplanned versus a planned start to dialysis among the cohort of 389 patients with a linked primary care record. An unplanned start to dialysis is defined

SUBMITTER: Olaitan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6596938 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature