Assessing the Carbon Footprint of Hemodialysis: A First Step Toward Environmentally Sustainable Kidney Care

Katherine A Barraclough^{1

2}, Scott McAlister^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephrology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
² School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
³ Wiser Healthcare and the Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

Editorial

Katherine A Barraclough et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;33(9):1635-1637.

doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022060661. Epub 2022 Jul 15.

Katherine A Barraclough^{1

2}, Scott McAlister^{3

4}

¹ Department of Nephrology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
² School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
³ Wiser Healthcare and the Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: chronic kidney disease; hemodialysis; peritoneal dialysis.

Comment on

Sources of Variation in the Carbon Footprint of Hemodialysis Treatment.
Sehgal AR, Slutzman JE, Huml AM. Sehgal AR, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Sep;33(9):1790-1795. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2022010086. Epub 2022 Jun 2. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022. PMID: 35654600 Free PMC article.

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