Groote Schuur Hospital Case Study
4.0 Study Aims and Objectives
Broad objective
To assess the outcomes of patients presented to the renal replacement committee at Groote Schuur Hospital.
Specific objectives
1. To describe the socio demographic characteristics of patients presented
2. To describe the clinical characteristics of patients presented
3. To determine the factors associated with selection of patients onto the program
4. To compare the characteristics of patients selected before and after implementation of the current guidelines 5.0 Research Design and Methodology
5.1 Study Design.
This was a retrospective analytic study in which characteristics and outcomes of patients assessed by the renal replacement therapy (RRT) committee were recorded from the assessment letters.
5.2 Study population
All new patients presented to the Renal Replacement Therapy Committee at the Groote Schuur Hospital from 2008 to 2012 were included in the audit. Groote Schuur is a state owned and tertiary hospital serving the city of Cape Town. The catchment population consists of a wide range of socio-economic and ethnic groups. In 2011, the population in the city of Cape Town was 3.7 million.[50] Of these, females were 51% and the ethnic distribution was as follows Black Africans 38.6%, Colored 42.4%, Asians 1.4%, Whites 15.7% and others were
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