Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Patients who plan for conservative care rather than dialysis: a national observational study in Australia
Published 2016-02-08BACKGROUND: It is unclear how many incident patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) referred to nephrologists are presented with information about conservative care as a treatment option and how many plan not ...Open AccessArticle -
Improving subjective perception of personal cancer risk: systematic review and meta-analysis of educational interventions for people with cancer or at high risk of cancer
Published 2014-01-14BACKGROUND: Newly diagnosed patients with cancer require education about the disease, the available treatments and potential consequences of treatment. Greater understanding of cancer risk has been found to be associated ...Open AccessArticle -
Follow-up of early stage melanoma: specialist clinician perspectives on the functions of follow-up and implications for extending follow-up intervals
Published 2012-10-22BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence on the relative effectiveness of different follow-up schedules for patients with AJCC stage I or II melanoma, but less frequent follow-up than is currently recommended has been proposed. ...Open AccessArticle -
Which dialysis modality do patients approaching end-stage kidney disease prefer? Findings from a discrete choice study.
Published 2012-03-13BACKGROUND: Dialysis modality preferences of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and family caregivers are important, yet rarely quantified. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, unlabeled, discrete-choice experiment with ...Open AccessArticle -
Anti-coagulation, anti-platelets or no therapy in haemodialysis patients with atrial fibrillation: a decision analysis
Published 2013-12-01BACKGROUND: Optimal treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the haemodialysis population is uncertain due to the exclusion of this group from randomized trials. The risk-benefit profile for anticoagulation and anti-platelet ...Open AccessArticle