Problem Chronic kidney disease is increasingly recognised in the UK, leading to a greater demand for specialist services. Traditional means of meeting this demand rely on GP referral of patients to ...

Most individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are unaware of their disease, according to a KDIGO controversies conference on CKD prevention.

Long-term exposure to water contaminants, even below the regulatory limits, significantly increases the risk of chronic ...

Exposure to trihalomethanes—especially brominated trihalomethanes—in residential community water supplies (CWS) is associated ...

Black patients presenting to the emergency department for an opioid overdose are less likely to receive outpatient referrals ...

Conclusions: Referral guidelines that are practicable in the context of a busy primary care clinic need to be developed if primary care practitioners are to play the major role desired for them in ...

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However, reports of diagnostic performance rarely adjust for referral bias, and this practice may adversely influence patient care. Therefore, we evaluated the potential impact of referral bias on ...

Conclusions International experts evaluated 81 potential referral criteria, reaching consensus on 17 major criteria for referral to specialist outpatient palliative care for people with COPD.

Background and objectives Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common inherited neuropathy and often presents during childhood. Guidelines for the optimal management of common problems ...