Time and Motion
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February 2015 Co-ordinated by:
Amy Dunn, Rachel O’Brien
To explore the time taken for research nurses to recruit patients in an Emergency Department (ED) setting. To identify any challenges to recruitment and to ascertain methods to optimise participant recruitment.
Trial Design
Observational
List of Publications – References
Poster submissions
Lothian R&D Conference – 6th March 2015
RCN Annual International Research Conference – 20th – 22nd April 2015 – Winner for Best Poster
Scottish Emergency Medicine Clinical Meeting – 19th May 2015
Research Team
Rachel O'Brien
Lead Research Nurse
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People who develop an Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) often have a poor prognosis and many go on to develop chronic kidney disease (CKD). The recognition that AKI and CKD are linked is recent and the molecular pathways that control the transition from acute injury to chronic disease are not well defined. Currently there are no specific treatments that reduce the risk of progressing to CKD after AKI.
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