Sit down rounds improve outcomes for patients on dialysis
Was sitting medical tests in which a team meets the health care system for patient medical records information on demand in the short and long term refers to better outcomes for patients on dialysis, a study from Johns Hopkins found directly. Patients treated in hospitals that have seen him do sit-ins at least once per month were more than a good level of albumin and blood protein hemoglobin in clinics that are made only turns march, in which a nephrologist typically assessed the immediate needs of patients receiving dialysis.likely to be admitted to the hospital, and 29 percent less likely to die. These results were published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology and available online on 19 November published. Check Sit-down round, a
chance for the patient care team carefully to measure progress, address problems and strategies, says Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA, senior author of the study and director of Hopkins Welch Center for Prevention , Epidemiology and Clinical Research.Patient. They are short and often focus on urgent issues, he said. Our results demonstrate that time spent at each meeting to discuss the progress of the patient as important as the direct care of patients in chronic disease management is associated with this practice is associated with the district better, said Powe. Previous studies have shown that rounds of meetings also useful for acute care facilities such as intensive care units.
of the population. Powe and his colleagues collected data in 644 dialysis patients treated
in 75 dialysis clinics in 17 states. All patients in a national study of kidney disease called CHOICE (options for healthy results by End-Stage Renal Disease) participated.doctors do rounds. Thirty-five clinics (47 percent) reported no towers sitting, while 31 (41 percent) took turns sitting a month. other facilities made sitting more laps than once a month (6 percent) or at least once a month (5 percent). The researchers
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