Hospitalisation events in people with chronic kidney disease as a component of multimorbidity: parallel cohort studies in research and routine care settings.
Michael K SullivanBhautesh Dinesh JaniAlex McConnachiePeter HanlonPhilip McLooneBarbara I NichollJuan-Jesus CarreroDorothea NitschDavid McAllisterFrances S MairPatrick B MarkPublished in: BMC medicine (2021)
People with multimorbidity have high rates of hospitalisation. Importantly, the rates are two to three times higher when CKD is one of the multimorbid conditions. Further research is needed into the mechanism underpinning this to inform strategies to prevent hospitalisation in this very high-risk group.