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View article: Carbon Emissions From Different Dialysis Modalities: A Life Cycle Assessment
Carbon Emissions From Different Dialysis Modalities: A Life Cycle Assessment Open
As climate change intensifies, there is growing pressure on health care systems to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. To do this effectively, it is important to understand the carbon footprint of different treatment options and identif…
View article: Multi-centre evaluation of Gram stain in the diagnosis of septic arthritis
Multi-centre evaluation of Gram stain in the diagnosis of septic arthritis Open
Introduction: Gram stain of synovial fluid is a rapid test for the diagnosis of native joint septic arthritis. Single-centre studies have suggested Gram stain will miss a considerable proportion of patients who are subsequently synovial-fl…
View article: The potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through disease prevention: a secondary analysis of data from the CREDENCE trial
The potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through disease prevention: a secondary analysis of data from the CREDENCE trial Open
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View article: The Carbon Footprint of Peritoneal Dialysis in Australia
The Carbon Footprint of Peritoneal Dialysis in Australia Open
Key Points Automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) had a higher carbon impact than continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). This was due to higher emissions from the manufacture and disposal of APD consumables, and their higher weight…
View article: WCN24-1354 Worldwide Use of Sodium Glucose Co-transporter 2 Inhibitors in Immunoglobulin A nephropathy: A country and Regional Analysis
WCN24-1354 Worldwide Use of Sodium Glucose Co-transporter 2 Inhibitors in Immunoglobulin A nephropathy: A country and Regional Analysis Open
Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common primary glomerular disease worldwide with many patients progressing to advanced kidney disease despite maximization of supportive measures, including optimization of reninangiotensin s…
View article: WCN24-1577 THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORT ON CARBON EMISSIONS FROM PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN AUSTRALIA
WCN24-1577 THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORT ON CARBON EMISSIONS FROM PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN AUSTRALIA Open
There is a paucity of data regarding the carbon footprint of peritoneal dialysis (PD), and studies that have been conducted have failed to consider the impacts of transportation of fluids from the manufacturer to the recipient.
View article: WCN24-905 The carbon footprint of dialysis therapies in Victoria, Australia
WCN24-905 The carbon footprint of dialysis therapies in Victoria, Australia Open
As climate change escalates with increasing health impacts, healthcare must address its own carbon footprint. A critical first step is understanding the sources and extent of emissions from commonly utilised clinical care pathways such as …
View article: Potential value of a rapid syndromic multiplex PCR for the diagnosis of native and prosthetic joint infections: a real-world evidence study
Potential value of a rapid syndromic multiplex PCR for the diagnosis of native and prosthetic joint infections: a real-world evidence study Open
Introduction: The BIOFIRE Joint Infection (JI) Panel is a diagnostic tool that uses multiplex-PCR testing to detect microorganisms in synovial fluid specimens from patients suspected of having septic arthritis (SA) on native joints or pros…
View article: Clinical Adjudication of Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections: Findings from the REDUCCTION Trial
Clinical Adjudication of Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections: Findings from the REDUCCTION Trial Open
Key Points The inter-rater reliability of reporting hemodialysis catheter-related infectious events between site investigators and trial adjudicators in Australia and New Zealand was substantial. The high concordance level in reporting cat…
View article: The Point-of-Care Peritoneal Dialysis System Early Evaluation Study (POC-PDEE): A pilot proof-of-principal study of the Ellen Medical Devices Point-of-Care affordable peritoneal dialysis system
The Point-of-Care Peritoneal Dialysis System Early Evaluation Study (POC-PDEE): A pilot proof-of-principal study of the Ellen Medical Devices Point-of-Care affordable peritoneal dialysis system Open
The global unmet need for kidney replacement therapy means that millions of people die every year as they cannot afford treatment. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) offers comparable survival to haemodialysis and is often more affordable, but one b…
View article: Providing environmentally sustainable nephrology care: focus in low- and middle-income countries
Providing environmentally sustainable nephrology care: focus in low- and middle-income countries Open
View article: Duodenal fistula: a rare complication secondary to retained gallstones
Duodenal fistula: a rare complication secondary to retained gallstones Open
View article: A multicentre evaluation and expert recommendations of use of the newly developed BioFire Joint Infection polymerase chain reaction panel
A multicentre evaluation and expert recommendations of use of the newly developed BioFire Joint Infection polymerase chain reaction panel Open
Septic arthritis is a serious condition with significant morbidity and mortality, routinely diagnosed using culture. The FDA has recently approved the rapid molecular BioFire® Joint Infection Panel (BJIP) for synovial fluid. We aimed to ev…
View article: A Survey of Environmental Sustainability Practices in Dialysis Facilities in Australia and New Zealand
A Survey of Environmental Sustainability Practices in Dialysis Facilities in Australia and New Zealand Open
Background and objectives Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the twenty-first century. Health care itself is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, and dialysis programs contribute disproportionately. Nep…
View article: Comparing survival in patients with chronic kidney disease across three countries – Results from the study of heart and renal protection‐extended review
Comparing survival in patients with chronic kidney disease across three countries – Results from the study of heart and renal protection‐extended review Open
Aim This study examined whether survival and causes of death differed between participants enrolled from Australia (AUS), Malaysia (MYL), and New Zealand (NZ) in extended follow‐up of the Study of Heart and Renal Protection (SHARP), a rand…
View article: Retrospectives on the Embodied AI Workshop
Retrospectives on the Embodied AI Workshop Open
We present a retrospective on the state of Embodied AI research. Our analysis focuses on 13 challenges presented at the Embodied AI Workshop at CVPR. These challenges are grouped into three themes: (1) visual navigation, (2) rearrangement,…
View article: POS-713 PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR A POINT OF CARE AFFORDABLE DIALYSIS SYSTEM
POS-713 PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR A POINT OF CARE AFFORDABLE DIALYSIS SYSTEM Open
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a home-based renal replacement therapy (RRT), which avoids the need for hospital-based treatment and expensive machinery and often allows patients to continue to work. As such, PD may be a favourable dialysis mo…
View article: Patient and Clinician Perspectives on the use of Remote Patient Monitoring in Peritoneal Dialysis
Patient and Clinician Perspectives on the use of Remote Patient Monitoring in Peritoneal Dialysis Open
Background: Numerous factors influence patient recruitment to, and retention on, peritoneal dialysis (PD), but a major challenge is a perceived “inaccessibility” to treating clinicians. It has been suggested that remote patient monitoring …
View article: Zero-Shot Uncertainty-Aware Deployment of Simulation Trained Policies on Real-World Robots
Zero-Shot Uncertainty-Aware Deployment of Simulation Trained Policies on Real-World Robots Open
While deep reinforcement learning (RL) agents have demonstrated incredible potential in attaining dexterous behaviours for robotics, they tend to make errors when deployed in the real world due to mismatches between the training and execut…
View article: Global Dialysis Perspective: Fiji
Global Dialysis Perspective: Fiji Open
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View article: Bayesian Controller Fusion: Leveraging Control Priors in Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotics
Bayesian Controller Fusion: Leveraging Control Priors in Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotics Open
We present Bayesian Controller Fusion (BCF): a hybrid control strategy that combines the strengths of traditional hand-crafted controllers and model-free deep reinforcement learning (RL). BCF thrives in the robotics domain, where reliable …
View article: Learning and Executing Re-usable Behaviour Trees from Natural Language Instruction
Learning and Executing Re-usable Behaviour Trees from Natural Language Instruction Open
Domestic and service robots have the potential to transform industries such as health care and small-scale manufacturing, as well as the homes in which we live. However, due to the overwhelming variety of tasks these robots will be expecte…
View article: Data Challenges in Addressing Chronic Kidney Disease in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries
Data Challenges in Addressing Chronic Kidney Disease in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries Open
The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is growing globally, particularly in low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs) where access to treatment is poor and the largest increases in disease burden will occur. The individual and so…
View article: The Impact of Clinical Presentation on Survival in Patients Requiring Hemodialysis Catheters for Acute and Unplanned Dialysis: A Prospective Observational Study
The Impact of Clinical Presentation on Survival in Patients Requiring Hemodialysis Catheters for Acute and Unplanned Dialysis: A Prospective Observational Study Open
Background: Most studies addressing hemodialysis initiation with a dialysis catheter focus on patients entering maintenance dialysis programs and exclude other patients, such as those with acute kidney injury (AKI), making interpretation a…
View article: Multiplicative Controller Fusion: Leveraging Algorithmic Priors for\n Sample-efficient Reinforcement Learning and Safe Sim-To-Real Transfer
Multiplicative Controller Fusion: Leveraging Algorithmic Priors for\n Sample-efficient Reinforcement Learning and Safe Sim-To-Real Transfer Open
Learning-based approaches often outperform hand-coded algorithmic solutions\nfor many problems in robotics. However, learning long-horizon tasks on real\nrobot hardware can be intractable, and transferring a learned policy from\nsimulation…
View article: SUN-119 COMPARING SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ACROSS THREE COUNTRIES - RESULTS FROM THE STUDY OF HEART AND RENAL PROTECTION-EXTENDED REVIEW (SHARP-ER)
SUN-119 COMPARING SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ACROSS THREE COUNTRIES - RESULTS FROM THE STUDY OF HEART AND RENAL PROTECTION-EXTENDED REVIEW (SHARP-ER) Open
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a key determinant of health outcomes and an important driver of mortality. International comparison is important to better understand how inter-regional differences affect clinical outcomes. We examined whet…
View article: Inequities in the global representation of sites participating in large, multicentre dialysis trials: a systematic review
Inequities in the global representation of sites participating in large, multicentre dialysis trials: a systematic review Open
Background The number of dialysis recipients is growing worldwide, making it important that the full range of patient populations are represented in randomised trials. As trial recruitment has not previously been examined at a global level…
View article: Residual Reactive Navigation: Combining Classical and Learned Navigation\n Strategies For Deployment in Unknown Environments
Residual Reactive Navigation: Combining Classical and Learned Navigation\n Strategies For Deployment in Unknown Environments Open
In this work we focus on improving the efficiency and generalisation of\nlearned navigation strategies when transferred from its training environment to\npreviously unseen ones. We present an extension of the residual reinforcement\nlearni…
View article: SUN-178 The Impact of Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Haemodialysis on Patient Survival: 10 Years of Prospective Data
SUN-178 The Impact of Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Haemodialysis on Patient Survival: 10 Years of Prospective Data Open
Acute kidney injury (AKI), with or without the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) is associated with greater short and long term mortality. Few prospective studies have compared the survival of patients with AKI requiring haemodialys…
View article: SAT-029 Haemodialysis in Fiji
SAT-029 Haemodialysis in Fiji Open
Fiji has a high rate of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), estimated at 750-938 per million population (pmp), with chronic kidney disease currently the fourth leading cause of death. While haemodialysis (HD) is available as the primary form …