The CKD Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (CKDopps): Rationale and Methods

Background Minimizing clinical complications in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and improving the transition to dialysis therapy and transplantation represents a challenge, requiring reliable evidence regarding the effects of CKD care on outcomes. Study Design The CKD Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (CKDopps) is a new international prospective cohort study designed to describe and evaluate variation in nephrologist-led...