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Where we are
Centre for Kidney Research
Children's Hospital at Westmead
Locked Bag 4001 Westmead
NSW 2145 Australia
Tel: +61 2 9845 1469
Fax: +61 2 9845 3038
Email: ckr@chw.edu.au
What's new?
Sept 2007
Web site updates for:
. Current projects
. Staff
. Publications
. Conference presentations
. Grants
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STEP [Screening and Test Evaluation Program]
STEP is an NHMRC funded program grant awarded to investigators
in the School of Public Health at the University of Sydney. It consists of numerous
projects that investigate screening and diagnostic test performance and evaluation.
Two large projects and several systematic reviews are components of STEP that
are conducted in the Centre for Kidney Research at the Children's Hospital at Westmead.
Projects
- FEVER (Febrile EValuation
of Children in the Emergency Room)
aims to determine whether a computer decision support system improves the outcomes
of children presenting with febrile illness.
- Screening for proteinuria to prevent end-stage renal failure.
This study aims to determine the benefits, harms and costs of screening for proteinuria.
- Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Tests
- Monitoring
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