Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of health service dialysate sodium practice on clinical outcomes

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Concerns the delivery of haemodialysis may be contributing to sodium retention and poor outcomes has led many health services to modify practice. However this modification is occurring in an unmeasured and haphazard manner leaving the impact unknown. This simple, pragmatic research will generate definitive evidence on the effect of health service dialysate sodium practices on the key clinical outcomes of death and cardiovascular events as well as health service utilisation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2021

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,958,205.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nephrology and Urology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cardiovascular disease prevention | dialysis | health services research | hypertension | sodium