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Private Health Funds are now offering Assisted Home Haemodialysis (AHHD) model of care to eligible memebers

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Assisted Home Haemodialysis (AHHD) – to eligible members

Private Health Funds include:

Newly published article

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Moral Distress and Moral Injury in Nephrology during the COVID – 19 Pandemic

Ducharlet K, Trivedi M, Gelfand SL, Liew H, McMahon LP, Ashuntantag G, Brennan F, Brown MA, Martin DE. Moral Distress and Moral Injury in Nephrology during the COVID – 19 Pandemic. Seminars in Nephrology 2021; 41(3):253-267.

RSC Symposium

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17th September 2021: 9am – 4pm

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown the Kidney Supportive Care Symposium & Master Class will now be held virtually, with no face to face component.

Contact Elizabeth Josland or Alison Smyth for more information

elizabeth.josland@ health.nsw.gov.au,  Alison.smyth@health.nsw.gov.au

9113 2854

Program

Click here to Register

 

CKD-FIX Trial results have been published

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CKD-FIX trial was run by the Australian Kidney Trials Network> (AKTN)
The results of the trial have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

“Based on our results, it appears elevated blood urate levels are more likely an indicator of reduced kidney function, rather than a cause of reduced kidney function,” said Associate Professor Sunil Badve. (Principal investigator and Staff Specialist at St George Hospital)