The Australian Calciphylaxis Registry: reporting clinical features and outcomes of patients with calciphylaxis

Background Calciphylaxis is a rare disease, predominantly affecting patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and associated with significant morbidity and mortality due to progressive cutaneous calcification, necrotic ulceration and infection. Clinical registries have been established to better understand the risk factors, optimal treatments and disease outcomes of calciphylaxis. Methods We established a prospective, Internet-based clinical...