This collection of important kidney health publications detailed below is provided for your reference as a health professional working in the kidney world.
The Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Management in General Practice
 This booklet and supporting publication references is formally endorsed by RACGP, ANZSN and Kidney Health Australia. It provides a comprehensive summary of current guidelines and clincial tips to help identify, manage and refer CKD in general practice - accompanied by a summary card for CKD Management in General Practice which highlights key points for easy access.
To order phone 08 8334 7555 or email sa@kidney.org.au. Overseas orders not taken - download full copy via links above.
Other recommended publications are:
How to treat proteinuria Authors DJ Johnson & TM Mathew - Australian Doctor
eGFR estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (Know your number)
Type 2 Diabetes from the GPs perspective
*Published by Kidney Health Australia 2007 in association with NEFRON - Thomas MC, Weekes AJ - A collaborative effort of Baker Institute, Kidney Health Australia and Servier
*Supporting references to this document are:
Management of diabetes in Indigenous Australians from primary care
The burden of chronic kidney disease in Australian patients with type 2 diabetes (NEFRON study)
The assessment of chronic kidney disease in Australian patients with type 2 diabetes (NEFRON-2)
National Chronic Kidney Disease Strategy sets out what needs to change to achieve optimal kidney health services and care in Australia. It proposes 54 recommendations in priority areas representing the CKD continuum of care. This Strategy supports principles that underpin the National Chronic Kidney Disease Strategy and National Service Improvement Frameworks, and also complements existing State/Territory and local service plans and clinical frameworks. See National CKD Strategy Workshop Report 2006 or Executive Summary Australian CKD Strategy 2006
The following two reports were commissioned by Kidney Health Australia as comprehensive research into the economic burden of kidney disease in Australia.
The research was undertaken and reports written by The George Institute for International Health in collaboration with University of Sydney, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry.
The Economic Impact of End Stage Kidney Disease in Australia reports on the economic impact of the burden of CKD in Australia, and how it impacts on Federal and State Government Health Budgets. Summary from the International CKD Summit - Sydney 2007 which accents the CKD Strategy Report.
- The estimated health sector cost for providing renal replacement services from 2004 to 2010, will be between $4.26 and $4.52 billion
- Increasing the rate of home haemodialysis will produce a saving of $88.2 million (2004 $)
- Increasing the rate of peritoneal dialysis will produce a saving of $135.4 million (2004 $)
- increasing the rate of transplantation produces the greatest health benefits for the least amount of money.
The Cost-effectiveness of early detection and intervention to prevent progression of CKD in Australia is a companion document to Report 1 - The Economic Impact End Stage Kidney Disease in Australia (see link above) - which focused on the burden and costs of ESKD and explored the cost-effectiveness of strategies to improve the delivery of dialysis and kidney transplant services.
The findings suggest a CKD-control strategy based on opportunistic screening of 50 to 69 year olds in general practice, plus intensive management of diabetes, hypertension and proteinuria, would be cost-effective, and consistent with a coordinated national approach to chronic disease prevention and management.
Report II provides the first comprehensive assessment of the impact of interventions designed to decrease the burden of CKD in Australia. It estimates the cost-effectiveness of opportunistic screening and best-practice management of diabetes, hypertension and proteinuria among Australian adults. These are research questions of crucial relevance to the development of national strategies for the prevention and management of chronic disease in general.
This report estimates the incremental costs and effects of two approaches to reducing the burden of CKD - screening and early detection of hypertension, diabetes and proteinuria; and better management of existing (known or unknown) patients with risk factors for CKD.
See also our webpage at Kidney and Urinary Fast Facts.
Kidney Health News Bulletin - for Health Professionals. This bulletin brings you clinical and non clinical information from the kidney world and updates on our professional programs. Subscribe to joanna.stoic@kidney.org.au providing your name, professional details, city, state, country and interest in CKD.
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