Complexity in disease management: A linked data analysis of multimorbidity in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients hospitalised with atherothrombotic disease in Western Australia.

Mohammad Akhtar HussainJudith M KatzenellenbogenFrank M SanfilippoKevin MurraySandra Claire Thompson

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Multimorbidity is common in ATD patients and the comorbidities tend to interact and cluster together. Physicians need to consider these in their clinical practice. Different treatment and secondary prevention strategies are likely to be useful for management in these cluster groups.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
data analysis
clinical practice
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
primary care
peritoneal dialysis