Results 51 to 60 of about 43,895 (268)

A Primer on Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement for Interprofessional Chronic Kidney Disease Care: A Path to Joint Commission Certification. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Interprofessional care for chronic kidney disease facilitates the delivery of high quality, comprehensive care to a complex, at-risk population. Interprofessional care is resource intensive and requires a value proposition. Joint Commission certification
Awdishu, Linda   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Decision-making process in the selection of home hemodialysis treatment by adult patients with end-stage renal disease in the United Kingdom: A systematic literature review

open access: yesCHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2022
Introduction: In the UK, the number of people diagnosed with renal disease is on the increase. As a result, there will be more people in need of renal replacement therapy (RRT). Despite the mounting evidence showing that home hemodialysis (HHD) treatment
Mandu Stephen Ekpenyong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disease severity adversely affects delivery of dialysis in acute renal failure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Background/Aims: Methods of intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) dose quantification in acute renal failure (ARF) are not well defined. This observational study was designed to evaluate the impact of disease activity on delivered single pool Kt/V-urea in ARF ...
American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference   +20 more
core   +1 more source

Home haemodialysis : trends in technology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Self management and home-based dialysis therapies offer the prospect of improved patient experience and outcomes. To allow more patients to realize these benefits requires changes in technology which focus on maximizing the ease and minimizing the ...
Farrington, Ken, Greenwood, Roger
core   +2 more sources

A Virtual Ward for Home Hemodialysis Patients – A Pilot Trial

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 2015
Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have a high rate of hospitalization and are prone to care gaps that may occur during the transition from hospital to home.
Michael J. Raphael   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early results and medico-economic evaluation of a short daily home hemodialysis program in a Private hemodialysis center

open access: yesBulletin de la Dialyse à Domicile, 2021
: Between 2015 and 2017 there was a 40% increase in daily hemodialysis, according to the REIN database. This increase concerns 1% of patients and the private sector remains under-represented. Our retrospective study aims to describe the clinical features,
Hadia Hebibi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding safety-critical interactions with a home medical device through Distributed Cognition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
As healthcare shifts from the hospital to the home, it is becoming increasingly important to understand how patients interact with home medical devices, to inform the safe and patient-friendly design of these devices.
Blandford, AE, Mayer, A, Rajkomar, A
core  

Nationwide Real‐World Modeling of Surgical Outcomes in Elderly Patients: Incorporating Geriatric‐Specific Risk Factors Into Prediction of Mortality and Morbidity

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
A reliable and effective risk prediction model for mortality and morbidity in elderly patients undergoing gastroenterological surgeries was developed and validated. Geriatric‐specific risk factors, including the newly added variables in the NCD registry, along with age, were identified as significant contributors to the model. ABSTRACT Aim As the aging
Naoya Sato   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceived Social Support among Chinese American Hemodialysis Patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Social support is linked to improved health outcomes both in Western and Asian societies and is a vital factor in a patient\u27s adjustment to end-stage renal disease and its treatment regimen.
Wong, Kaklam
core   +1 more source

Single needle hemodialysis : is the past the future? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Whereas the usual way to gain access to the vascular bed for hemodialysis is by inserting two needles, an alternative option based on the introduction of only one needle has been available for several decades.
Vanholder, Raymond
core   +2 more sources

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy