Increases in renal replacement therapy in Australia and New Zealand: understanding trends in diabetic nephropathy

BS Grace, P Clayton, SP McDonald - Nephrology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: The incidence of end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD) has been increasing worldwide,
with increasing numbers of older people, people with diabetic nephropathy and indigenous …

[HTML][HTML] The analytical quality of point-of-care testing in the 'QAAMS'model for diabetes management in Australian Aboriginal medical services

MDS Shephard, JP Gill - Clinical Biochemist Reviews, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Type 2 diabetes mellitus and its major complication, renal disease, represent one of the
most significant contemporary health problems facing Australia's Indigenous Aboriginal …

Perinatal nutrient restriction reduces nephron endowment increasing renal morbidity in adulthood: a review

V Fanos, M Puddu, A Reali, A Atzei… - Early human …, 2010 - Elsevier
Perinatal malnutrition has been included among the causes of renal disease in adulthood.
Here, we consider the relationships between early supply of specific nutrients (such as …

Urine albumin concentration and albumin‐to‐creatinine ratio at 11+0 to 13+6 weeks in the prediction of pre‐eclampsia

LCY Poon, N Kametas, S Bonino… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the performance of screening for pre‐eclampsia by maternal
characteristics, urine albumin concentration and albumin‐to‐creatinine ratio (ACR) at 11+ 0 …

An innovative Australian point-of-care model for urine albumin: creatinine ratio testing that supports diabetes management in indigenous medical services and has …

MDS Shephard, JP Gill - Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Type 2 diabetes is the leading cause of end-stage renal failure in Australia's
indigenous people. The measurement of urine albumin: creatinine ratio (ACR) as a marker …

A politics of care in urban public housing: Housing precarity amongst Yolŋu renal patients in Darwin

S Puszka - Housing Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
People with chronic diseases are likely to require some form of domestic care, however their
care needs acquire low visibility in housing policy frameworks. Amongst Yolŋu (Indigenous …

Renal transplantation in Indigenous A ustralians of the N orthern T erritory: closing the gap

SW Majoni, A Abeyaratne - Internal medicine journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic kidney disease causes high morbidity and mortality among Indigenous A ustralians
of the N orthern T erritory (NT). Studies have shown chronic kidney disease rates of 4–10 …

An Association of Maternal Age and Birth Weight with End-Stage Renal Disease in Saskatchewan. Sub-Analysis of Registered Indians and Those with Diabetes: Sub …

R Dyck, H Klomp, L Tan, MR Stang - American journal of nephrology, 2003 - karger.com
Aims: To determine links between birth related factors and end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
Methods: This 1: 3 age, sex, and source population (registered Indians [SkRI] and other …

Review of kidney disease among Indigenous people

SA Stumpers, NJ Thomson - 2013 - ro.ecu.edu.au
Kidney disease is a significant health problem for all Australians, but severe kidney disease
is more common among Indigenous people than among non-Indigenous people. In …

Albuminuria in a remote South Australian Aboriginal community: results of a community-based screening program for renal disease

MDS Shephard, GG Allen, LJ Barratt… - Rural and Remote …, 2003 - search.informit.org
'Introduction': The poverty, poor environmental living conditions and poor health standards
experienced by Aboriginal Australians in some communities in rural and remote Australia …