Hussein, Wael F.
Mohammed, Husham
Browne, Leonard
Plant, Liam
Stack, Austin G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick
Article History
Received: 13 August 2017
Accepted: 15 March 2018
First Online: 2 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was not sought as this study was part of a quality improvement initiative and satisfied the ethical and information governance for analysis of secondary health data for improvement in population health [CitationRef removed].
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: Dr Stack has consulted for Amgen and Vifor Pharma. The other authors have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Dr Stack was supported by grants from the Irish Heart Foundation, Midwest Kidney Disease Research and Education Foundation (MKID), Limerick and the Health Research Institute, University of Limerick. Drs Stack and Browne were supported by grants from the Health Research Board of Ireland (HRA-2013-PHR-685 and HRA-2013-PHR-437).
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