Past studies
Find information about previous studies with BPSU over its history. This includes the key findings, as well as any publications associated with the study. These display in order of the study's start date, and you can use the filter to find by category or start date.
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Conservative care in end-stage kidney disease
This surveillance study commenced in September 2020. This study aims to identify children with ESKD who receive conservative care, to understand how the decision not to start renal replacement therapy is made and important factors that are considered in this decision-making process.
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
Surveillance of paediatric HCV infection in the UK and Eire: to estimate the prevalence and distribution of known paediatric HCV infection in the UK and Eire, to look at patterns of presentation according to mode of transmission (infected blood products/organ transplantation or mother to child); to describe the management by risk group; and to investigate the natural history of HCV infection in children with a known date of infection.
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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome 2
This study aimed to monitor trends in the aetiology of childhood HUS in the UK and to identify general outbreaks of infection. The main objectives of this study were to ensure that appropriate clinical specimens are collected for detailed microbiological analysis by designated reference laboratories. To collect standardised clinical and epidemiological data on all cases of childhood HUS presenting to nephrologists based in collaborating specialist paediatric units in the UK. Additionally, the team wished to develop and maintain a confidential database incorporating clinical, epidemiological and microbiological data collected from paediatric nephrology units and reference laboratories.
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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) 1
This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) in children and to include a measure of severe morbidity and mortality. The study also aimed to estimate the proportion of HUS caused by Vero cytotoxin producing E. coli (VTEC) of all serogroups.
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