Knowledge Translation Interventions to Improve the Timing of Dialysis Initiation: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Trial.

Journal: Canadian journal of kidney health and disease
Published Date: Sep 14, 2016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Early initiation of chronic dialysis (starting dialysis with higher vs lower kidney function) has risen rapidly in the past 2 decades in Canada and internationally, despite absence of established health benefits and higher costs. In 2014, a Canadian guideline on the timing of dialysis initiation, recommending an intent-to-defer approach, was published.

Authors

  • Elaine M T Chau
    Chronic Disease Innovation Centre, Seven Oaks General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
  • Braden J Manns
    Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Amit X Garg
    Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
  • Manish M Sood
    The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • S Joseph Kim
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • David Naimark
    Division of Nephrology, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Gihad E Nesrallah
    Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Keenan Research Centre, St Michael's Hospital, and Nephrology Program, Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Steven D Soroka
    Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Monica Beaulieu
    Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Stephanie Dixon
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
  • Ahsan Alam
    Division of Nephrology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Navdeep Tangri
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

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