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The first results from the Tackling AKI study were presented in the ‘late breaking clinical trials’ poster session at the American Society of Nephrology conference in New Orleans, USA. Tackling AKI was a pragmatic clinical trial, funded by the Health Foundation, which tested the effectiveness of a complex intervention (AKI e-alerts, AKI care bundle and tailored education programme) across five UK hospitals. The study used a…
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A position statement from Think Kidneys, the Renal Association, and the British Society for Heart Failure We have revised our joint position statement, which can be downloaded here
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Think Kidneys AKI Programme Activities At the beginning of July we had the second board meeting for the Phase 2 work of Think Kidneys. We received updates from the various pieces of work being undertaken and made plans for future projects. Phase 2 of the programme is about continuing to develop resources on the website, lead improvements in care and report on the impact of AKI…
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Think Kidneys launches an important set of education resources for undergraduate nurses. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a growing global healthcare issue and the NHS is the first health care system in the world to try to tackle it. The Think Kidneys programme was set up to make diagnosis easier and to detect it earlier. 100,000 deaths each year are associated with acute kidney injury and…
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2017 has been a busy year so far for the AKI programme, now working in its new format, following the success of the three-year programme. We have much to share – publications, events and awards – read all about it here
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