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Burden of Care and Quality of Life Among Caregivers for Adults Receiving Maintenance Dialysis: A Systematic Review by Gilbertson, Elise L., Krishnasamy, Rathika, Foote, Celine, Kennard, Alice L., Jardine, Meg J., Gray, Nicholas A.

“…Dialysis is a burdensome and complex treatment for which many recipients require support from caregivers. The impact of caring for people dependent on dialysis…”
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Low socio‐economic status adversely effects dialysis survival in Australia by Krishnasamy, Rathika, Gray, Nicholas A

“…Aim Low socio‐economic status (SES) is associated with increased incidence of end‐stage kidney disease and in the USA, poorer dialysis survival. All…”
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Experiences of Caregivers of Patients With Conservatively Managed Kidney Failure: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review by Walavalkar, Anisha, Craswell, Alison, Gray, Nicholas A.

“…Background: Older people with kidney failure often choose conservative kidney care. The experiences and quality of life (QOL) of caregivers who support them…”
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Treatment decision-making and care among older adults with kidney failure: protocol for a multicentre, prospective observational cohort study with nested substudies and linked qualitative research (the Elderly Advanced CKD Programme) by Siriwardana, Amanda, Gray, Nicholas A, Makris, Angela, Li, Chenlei Kelly, Yong, Kenneth, Mehta, Yachna, Ramos, Jannel, Di Tanna, Gian Luca, Gianacas, Chris, Addo, Isaac Yeboah, Roxburgh, Sarah, Naganathan, Vasi, Foote, Celine, Gallagher, Martin

“…Shared treatment decision-making and planning of care are fundamental in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) management. There are limited data on several…”
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A Mediterranean lifestyle is associated with favourable cardiometabolic markers in people with non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease by Bowden, Katelyn, Gray, Nicholas A, Swanepoel, Elizabeth, Wright, Hattie H

“…Adherence to a Mediterranean lifestyle may be a useful primary and secondary prevention strategy for chronic kidney disease (CKD). This cross-sectional study…”
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Barriers to Timely Arteriovenous Fistula Creation: A Study of Providers and Patients by Lopez-Vargas, Pamela A., MPH, Craig, Jonathan C., FRACP, MMed, PhD, Gallagher, Martin P., FRACP, MPH, PhD, Walker, Rowan G., FRACP, MD, Snelling, Paul L., FRACP, Pedagogos, Eugenia, FRACP, PhD, Gray, Nicholas A., FRACP, Divi, Murthy D., FRACP, Gillies, Alastair H., MRACP, FRACP, PhD, Suranyi, Michael G., FRACP, PhD, Thein, Hla, FRACP, McDonald, Stephen P., FRACP, PhD, Russell, Christine, BA, FRACS, Polkinghorne, Kevan R., FRACP, MClinEpi, PhD

“…Background Current clinical practice guidelines recommend a native arteriovenous fistula (AVF) as the vascular access of first choice. Despite this, most…”
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Effect of extended hours dialysis on markers of chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder in the ACTIVE Dialysis study by Zhan, Zhipeng, Smyth, Brendan, Toussaint, Nigel D, Gray, Nicholas A, Zuo, Li, de Zoysa, Janak R, Chan, Christopher T, Jin, Chenggang, Scaria, Anish, Hawley, Carmel M, Perkovic, Vlado, Jardine, Meg J, Zhang, Ling

“…Chronic Kidney Disease - Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) is a significant cause of morbidity among haemodialysis patients and is associated with…”
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Quality of Life in Caregivers of Patients Randomized to Standard- Versus Extended-Hours Hemodialysis by Nataatmadja, Melissa, Krishnasamy, Rathika, Zuo, Li, Hong, Daqing, Smyth, Brendan, Jun, Min, de Zoysa, Janak R., Howard, Kirsten, Wang, Jing, Lu, Chunlai, Liu, Zhangsuo, Chan, Christopher T., Cass, Alan, Perkovic, Vlado, Jardine, Meg, Gray, Nicholas A.

“…Caregivers are essential for the health, safety, and independence of many patients and incur financial and personal cost in this role, including increased…”
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Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheter Tip Design and Risk of Catheter Dysfunction: An Australian Nationwide Cohort Study by Lazarus, Benjamin, Polkinghorne, Kevan R., Gallagher, Martin, Coggan, Sarah, Gray, Nicholas A., Talaulikar, Girish, Kotwal, Sradha

“…Hemodialysis catheter dysfunction is an important problem for patients with kidney failure. The optimal design of the tunneled catheter tip is unknown. This…”
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Factors Influencing Meal Provision and Dietary Support Behaviour of Caregivers of People with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study by Lockwood, Georgina, Davey, Lucimay, McFarlane, Catherine, Gray, Nicholas A, Wright, Hattie H

“…Caregivers play an important role in supporting care recipients to navigate their health needs, including adherence to dietary recommendations, which are…”
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Multifaceted intervention to reduce haemodialysis catheter related bloodstream infections: REDUCCTION stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial by Kotwal, Sradha, Cass, Alan, Coggan, Sarah, Gray, Nicholas A, Jan, Stephen, McDonald, Stephen, Polkinghorne, Kevan R, Rogers, Kris, Talaulikar, Girish, Di Tanna, Gian Luca, Gallagher, Martin

“…To identify whether multifaceted interventions, or care bundles, reduce catheter related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) from central venous catheters used for…”
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Midkine and chronic kidney disease-associated multisystem organ dysfunctions by Campbell, Victoria K, Gately, Ryan P, Krishnasamy, Rathika, Burg, Dominic, Robertson, Graham R, Gray, Nicholas A

“…Abstract Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive multisystem condition with yet undefined mechanistic drivers and multiple implicated soluble factors. If…”
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Complementary and alternative medicine use in an Australian kidney transplant recipient population by De Souza, Laura, Krishnasamy, Rathika, Waugh, Jane, Gray, Nicholas A.

“…The prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in kidney transplant recipients in Australia is unknown. Chronic transplant recipients…”
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A Trial of Extending Hemodialysis Hours and Quality of Life by Jardine, Meg J, Zuo, Li, Gray, Nicholas A, de Zoysa, Janak R, Chan, Christopher T, Gallagher, Martin P, Monaghan, Helen, Grieve, Stuart M, Puranik, Rajesh, Lin, Hongli, Eris, Josette M, Zhang, Ling, Xu, Jinsheng, Howard, Kirsten, Lo, Serigne, Cass, Alan, Perkovic, Vlado

“…The relationship between increased hemodialysis hours and patient outcomes remains unclear. We randomized (1:1) 200 adult recipients of standard maintenance…”
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Current practice in dialysis central venous catheter management: Multi‐disciplinary renal team perspectives by Craswell, Alison, Massey, Debbie, Wallis, Marianne, Sriram, Deepa, Gray, Nicholas A, Kotwal, Sradha

“…ABSTRACT Aim To explore the current practices related to the insertion, management and removal of dialysis central venous catheters (CVCs) used in patients…”
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Survey study of trends in adult nephrology advanced training in Australia and New Zealand by Yaxley, Julian, Campbell, Scott B., Gray, Nicholas A., Viecelli, Andrea K.

“…Background There has been considerable growth in nephrology advanced trainee numbers in Australia and New Zealand, with uncertain effects on clinical…”
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Dialysis catheter management practices in Australia and New Zealand by Smyth, Brendan, Kotwal, Sradha, Gallagher, Martin, Gray, Nicholas A, Polkinghorne, Kevan

“…ABSTRACT Aim Dialysis catheter‐associated infections (CAI) are a serious and costly burden on patients and the health‐care system. Many approaches to…”
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Telemedicine for Outpatient Care of Kidney Transplant and CKD Patients by Lambooy, Sebastiaan, Krishnasamy, Rathika, Pollock, Andrea, Hilder, Gerald, Gray, Nicholas A.

“…Telehealth videoconferencing (TVC) may improve access in rural areas, but reported uptake and outcomes among kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) and chronic…”
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Socioeconomic status and dialysis quality of care by Krishnasamy, Rathika, Jegatheesan, Dev, Lawton, Paul, Gray, Nicholas A

“…ABSTRACT Aim Lower socioeconomic status (SES) has been associated with increased dialysis mortality. This study aimed to determine if the quality of care (QOC)…”
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Impact of pay for performance on access at first dialysis in Queensland by Haarsager, Jennie, Krishnasamy, Rathika, Gray, Nicholas A

“…Aim Commencement of haemodialysis with an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or arteriovenous graft (AVG) is associated with improved survival compared with…”
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