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Wang C, Meng L, Cheng XY, Chen YQ. Assessment of right ventricular dysfunction and its association with excess risk of cardiovascular events in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Ren Fail 2024; 46:2364766. [PMID: 38874087 PMCID: PMC11182060 DOI: 10.1080/0886022x.2024.2364766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024] Open
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AIMS Recent accumulating evidence has recently documented a significant prevalence of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE)/pulmonary-artery systolic pressure (PASP) ratio assessed with echocardiography might be a useful clinical index of right ventricular (RV) -pulmonary arterial (PA) coupling. The current study aimed to investigate the value of the TAPSE/PASP ratios in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). METHODS We studied 83 times echocardiographic tests from 68 patients with MHD. The associations of TAPSE/PASP ratios with echocardiography variables, clinical characteristics, and biochemical parameters were analyzed, as well as the associations of TAPSE/PASP ratios with odds of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and frequent intermittent dialysis hypotension (IDH). RESULTS Correlation analysis showed TAPSE/PASP ratios positively correlated with LVEF and negatively correlated with E/A and E/e' values. For clinical and biochemical parameters, TAPSE/PASP ratios negatively correlated with BNP, NT-proBNP, age, CRP, and average interdialysis weight gain (ΔBW) and positively correlated with albumin. Logistic regression analysis, which induced the TAPSE/PASP ratio as a continuous variable (per 0.1 mm/mmHg increase), identified that the TAPSE/PASP ratio was associated with decreased CVD events (OR 0.386 [95% CI 0.231-0.645], p < 0.001) and frequent IDH odds (OR 0.571 [95% CI 0.397-0.820], p = 0.002). Moreover, the TAPSE/PASP ratio independently predicted CVD events (adjusted HR 0.539 [95% CI 0.391-0.743], p < 0.001) during a follow-up period of 12 months. CONCLUSIONS RVD, assessed by echocardiography TAPSE/PASP ratio, was found to be associated with increased risks of CVD events and frequent IDH in patients with MHD.
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- Chen Wang
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment, (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment, (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment, (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment, (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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Tsai CH, Shih DH, Tu JH, Wu TW, Tsai MG, Shih MH. Analyzing Monthly Blood Test Data to Forecast 30-Day Hospital Readmissions among Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients. J Clin Med 2024; 13:2283. [PMID: 38673554 PMCID: PMC11051209 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13082283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Background: The increase in the global population of hemodialysis patients is linked to aging demographics and the prevalence of conditions such as arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus. While previous research in hemodialysis has mainly focused on mortality predictions, there is a gap in studies targeting short-term hospitalization predictions using detailed, monthly blood test data. Methods: This study employs advanced data preprocessing and machine learning techniques to predict hospitalizations within a 30-day period among hemodialysis patients. Initial steps include employing K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) imputation to address missing data and using the Synthesized Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) to ensure data balance. The study then applies a Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm for the predictive analysis, with an additional enhancement through ensemble learning techniques, in order to improve prediction accuracy. Results: The application of SVM in predicting hospitalizations within a 30-day period among hemodialysis patients resulted in an impressive accuracy rate of 93%. This accuracy rate further improved to 96% upon incorporating ensemble learning methods, demonstrating the efficacy of the chosen machine learning approach in this context. Conclusions: This study highlights the potential of utilizing machine learning to predict hospital readmissions within a 30-day period among hemodialysis patients based on monthly blood test data. It represents a significant leap towards precision medicine and personalized healthcare for this patient group, suggesting a paradigm shift in patient care through the proactive identification of hospitalization risks.
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- Cheng-Han Tsai
- Department of Information Management and Institute of Healthcare Information Management, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi City 62102, Taiwan or
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chiayi Branch, Taichung Veteran’s General Hospital, Chiayi City 60090, Taiwan
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- Department of Information Management, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu 64002, Taiwan;
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- Department of Nephrology, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Yunlin 63241, Taiwan; (J.-H.T.); (M.-G.T.)
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- Department of Information Management, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu 64002, Taiwan;
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- Department of Nephrology, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Yunlin 63241, Taiwan; (J.-H.T.); (M.-G.T.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, 2520 Osborn Drive, Ames, IA 50011, USA;
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Uy CFC, Manalili SAR, Gomez LA. Predictors of 30-day Unplanned Hospital Readmissions among Maintenance Dialysis Patients. ACTA MEDICA PHILIPPINA 2024; 58:43-51. [PMID: 39005618 PMCID: PMC11240001 DOI: 10.47895/amp.vi0.7018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Background and Objectives Patients on dialysis are twice as likely to have early readmissions. This study aimed to identify risk factors for 30-day unplanned readmission among patients on maintenance dialysis in a tertiary hospital. Methods We conducted a retrospective, unmatched, case-control study. Data were taken from patients on maintenance hemodialysis admitted in the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) between January 2018 and December 2020. Patients with 30-day readmission were included as cases and patients with >30-day readmissions were taken as controls. Multivariable regression with 30-day readmission as the outcome was used to identify significant predictors of early readmission. Results The prevalence of 30-day unplanned readmission among patients on dialysis is 36.96%, 95%CI [31.67, 42.48]. In total, 119 cases and 203 controls were analyzed. Two factors were significantly associated with early readmission: the presence of chronic glomerulonephritis [OR 2.35, 95% CI 1.36 to 4.07, p-value=0.002] and number of comorbidities [OR 1.34, 95% CI 1.12 to 1.61, p-value=0.002]. The most common reasons for early readmission are infection, anemia, and uremia/underdialysis. Conclusion Patients with chronic glomerulonephritis and multiple comorbidities have significantly increased odds of early readmission. Careful discharge planning and close follow up of these patients may reduce early readmissions.
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- Chicki Florette C Uy
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila
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Nagano N, Zushida C, Tagahara A, Miya M, Tamei N, Muto S, Tsutsui T, Ando T, Ogawa T, Ito K. Association between phosphate binder pill burden and mortality risk in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: a single-center cohort study with 7-year follow-up of 513 patients. Clin Exp Nephrol 2023; 27:961-971. [PMID: 37578637 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-023-02388-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Dialysis patients often take multiple oral medications, leading to a high pill burden. Phosphate binders (PBs) account for a large proportion of this daily pill burden (DPB). The relationship between DPB and mortality risk remains unclear, and we hypothesized that this relationship might be influenced by the proportion of PBs to all medications. METHODS We divided DPB into those derived from PBs and non-PB drugs and analyzed the association with mortality risk over a 7-year period in 513 chronic hemodialysis patients using a baseline model. RESULTS The median (interquartile range) DPB from all drugs was 15.8 (11.2-21.0) pills/day/patient, and the median ratio of PB pills to all drug pills was 29.3 (13.7-45.9)% at baseline. During a median observation period of 5.2 years, 161 patients (31.4%) died. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed no significant difference in all-cause mortality between PB users and non-users. However, a significant survival advantage was observed in the highest tertile of DPB from PBs compared to the lowest tertile. Conversely, the highest tertile of DPB from non-PB drugs was associated with worse survival. Consequently, the highest tertile of the ratio of PBs to all pills was associated with better survival. This association remained significant even after adjusting for patient characteristics in the Cox proportional hazards model. However, when serum nutritional parameters were included as covariates, the significant association disappeared. CONCLUSIONS Dialysis patients prescribed a higher rate of PB pills to all medications exhibited a lower mortality risk, possibly due to their better nutritional status.
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- Nobuo Nagano
- Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Hidaka Hospital, Hidaka-kai, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan.
- Department of Medicine, Adachi Medical Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Hidaka Hospital, Hidaka-kai, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
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- Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Hidaka Hospital, Hidaka-kai, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
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- Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Hidaka Hospital, Hidaka-kai, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
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- Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Hidaka Hospital, Hidaka-kai, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
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- Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Hidaka Hospital, Hidaka-kai, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
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- Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Hidaka Hospital, Hidaka-kai, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
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- Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Hidaka Hospital, Hidaka-kai, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
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- Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Hidaka Hospital, Hidaka-kai, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
- Department of Medicine, Adachi Medical Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Hidaka Hospital, Hidaka-kai, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
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Dong J, Wang K, He J, Guo Q, Min H, Tang D, Zhang Z, Zhang C, Zheng F, Li Y, Xu H, Wang G, Luan S, Yin L, Zhang X, Dai Y. Machine learning-based intradialytic hypotension prediction of patients undergoing hemodialysis: A multicenter retrospective study. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2023; 240:107698. [PMID: 37429246 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is closely associated with adverse clinical outcomes in HD-patients. An IDH predictor model is important for IDH risk screening and clinical decision-making. In this study, we used Machine learning (ML) to develop IDH model for risk prediction in HD patients. METHODS 62,227 dialysis sessions were randomly partitioned into training data (70%), test data (20%), and validation data (10%). IDH-A model based on twenty-seven variables was constructed for risk prediction for the next HD treatment. IDH-B model based on ten variables from 64,870 dialysis sessions was developed for risk assessment before each HD treatment. Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM), Linear Discriminant Analysis, support vector machines, XGBoost, TabNet, and multilayer perceptron were used to develop the predictor model. RESULTS In IDH-A model, we identified the LightGBM method as the best-performing and interpretable model with C- statistics of 0.82 in Fall30Nadir90 definitions, which was higher than those obtained using the other models (P<0.01). In other IDH standards of Nadir90, Nadir100, Fall20, Fall30, and Fall20Nadir90, the LightGBM method had a performance with C- statistics ranged 0.77 to 0.89. As a complementary application, the LightGBM model in IDH-B model achieved C- statistics of 0.68 in Fall30Nadir90 definitions and 0.69 to 0.78 in the other five IDH standards, which were also higher than the other methods, respectively. CONCLUSION Use ML, we identified the LightGBM method as the good-performing and interpretable model. We identified the top variables as the high-risk factors for IDH incident in HD-patient. IDH-A and IDH-B model can usefully complement each other for risk prediction and further facilitate timely intervention through applied into different clinical setting.
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- Jingjing Dong
- Clinical Medical Research Center, the Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China; Institute of Nephrology and Blood Purification, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Clinical Medical Research Center, the Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Shenzhen Yuchen Medical Technology Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Shenzhen Yuchen Medical Technology Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Clinical Medical Research Center, the Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Clinical Medical Research Center, the Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China; Institute of Nephrology and Blood Purification, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Clinical Medical Research Center, the Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Clinical Medical Research Center, the Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Clinical Medical Research Center, the Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China; Institute of Nephrology and Blood Purification, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- Clinical Medical Research Center, the Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Department of Nephrology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen Hospital (Guangming), Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Departments of Nephrology, Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Institute of Nephrology and Blood Purification, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China.
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- Clinical Medical Research Center, the Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China.
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Veinot TC, Gillespie B, Argentina M, Bragg-Gresham J, Chatoth D, Collins Damron K, Heung M, Krein S, Wingard R, Zheng K, Saran R. Enhancing the Cardiovascular Safety of Hemodialysis Care Using Multimodal Provider Education and Patient Activation Interventions: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2023; 12:e46187. [PMID: 37079365 PMCID: PMC10160944 DOI: 10.2196/46187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is treated with dialysis or kidney transplantation, with most patients with ESKD receiving in-center hemodialysis treatment. This life-saving treatment can result in cardiovascular and hemodynamic instability, with the most common form being low blood pressure during the dialysis treatment (intradialytic hypotension [IDH]). IDH is a complication of hemodialysis that can involve symptoms such as fatigue, nausea, cramping, and loss of consciousness. IDH increases risks of cardiovascular disease and ultimately hospitalizations and mortality. Provider-level and patient-level decisions influence the occurrence of IDH; thus, IDH may be preventable in routine hemodialysis care. OBJECTIVE This study aims to evaluate the independent and comparative effectiveness of 2 interventions-one directed at hemodialysis providers and another for patients-in reducing the rate of IDH at hemodialysis facilities. In addition, the study will assess the effects of interventions on secondary patient-centered clinical outcomes and examine factors associated with a successful implementation of the interventions. METHODS This study is a pragmatic, cluster randomized trial to be conducted in 20 hemodialysis facilities in the United States. Hemodialysis facilities will be randomized using a 2 × 2 factorial design, such that 5 sites will receive a multimodal provider education intervention, 5 sites will receive a patient activation intervention, 5 sites will receive both interventions, and 5 sites will receive none of the 2 interventions. The multimodal provider education intervention involved theory-informed team training and the use of a digital, tablet-based checklist to heighten attention to patient clinical factors associated with increased IDH risk. The patient activation intervention involves tablet-based, theory-informed patient education and peer mentoring. Patient outcomes will be monitored during a 12-week baseline period, followed by a 24-week intervention period and a 12-week postintervention follow-up period. The primary outcome of the study is the proportion of treatments with IDH, which will be aggregated at the facility level. Secondary outcomes include patient symptoms, fluid adherence, hemodialysis adherence, quality of life, hospitalizations, and mortality. RESULTS This study is funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and approved by the University of Michigan Medical School's institutional review board. The study began enrolling patients in January 2023. Initial feasibility data will be available in May 2023. Data collection will conclude in November 2024. CONCLUSIONS The effects of provider and patient education on reducing the proportion of sessions with IDH and improving other patient-centered clinical outcomes will be evaluated, and the findings will be used to inform further improvements in patient care. Improving the stability of hemodialysis sessions is a critical concern for clinicians and patients with ESKD; the interventions targeted to providers and patients are predicted to lead to improvements in patient health and quality of life. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03171545; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03171545. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) PRR1-10.2196/46187.
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- Tiffany Christine Veinot
- School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Department of Learning Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, Consulting for Statistics, Computing and Analytics Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Claudel SE, Valente C, Serafin H, Hassan Kamel M, Ghai S. Structured handoff to improve communication from inpatient to outpatient dialysis units: A quality improvement project. Hemodial Int 2023; 27:146-154. [PMID: 36696233 PMCID: PMC10101881 DOI: 10.1111/hdi.13060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis encounter high hospital readmission rates. One contributor is poor communication between hospitals and outpatient dialysis facilities. We hypothesized that improved communication may reduce 30-day hospital readmissions for patients on dialysis at an urban, safety net hospital. METHODS We created a standardized discharge handoff tool that is easy to use and provides concise data for dialysis centers. The handoff tool is a novel, electronic MACRO template (called a "dot-phrase") to be included in discharge documentation. Instructions for the dot-phrase and electronic facsimile (e-faxing) were sent to Internal Medicine residents immediately prior to their rotation on an inpatient Renal service. We then measured the intervention implementation rate and its impact on hospital readmission metrics. RESULTS We compared 3 months of preintervention and 6 months of postintervention data, identifying 82 and 135 index discharges in each respective study period. Patients were predominantly male (56.2%) and receiving hemodialysis (89.8%); a minority (9.2%) were undomiciled at the time of discharge. Mean age was 60.5 years (SD 14.0). Renal discharges followed by 30-day Renal readmission were not statistically lower in the postintervention group for the index discharge alone (26.8% vs. 20.0%, p = 0.12), but were for overall discharges (51.2% vs. 25.7%, p < 0.0001). The dot-phrase was used in 95.4% of discharge summaries, and 74.7% of discharge summaries were e-faxed within 24 h of discharge. CONCLUSION There was high uptake of a standardized discharge handoff tool among Internal Medicine residents on a Renal inpatient service. Using a handoff tool and e-faxing may improve communication with outpatient dialysis centers and may reduce readmissions among some patients but is likely insufficient to fully address high readmission rates. Subsequent intervention iterations would benefit from further collaboration with outpatient dialysis units for customization of the handoff tool to meet local communication needs.
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- Sophie E Claudel
- Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Wang S, Zhu X. Predictive Modeling of Hospital Readmission: Challenges and Solutions. IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS 2022; 19:2975-2995. [PMID: 34133285 DOI: 10.1109/tcbb.2021.3089682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Hospital readmission prediction is a study to learn models from historical medical data to predict probability of a patient returning to hospital in a certain period, e.g. 30 or 90 days, after the discharge. The motivation is to help health providers deliver better treatment and post-discharge strategies, lower the hospital readmission rate, and eventually reduce the medical costs. Due to inherent complexity of diseases and healthcare ecosystems, modeling hospital readmission is facing many challenges. By now, a variety of methods have been developed, but existing literature fails to deliver a complete picture to answer some fundamental questions, such as what are the main challenges and solutions in modeling hospital readmission; what are typical features/models used for readmission prediction; how to achieve meaningful and transparent predictions for decision making; and what are possible conflicts when deploying predictive approaches for real-world usages. In this paper, we systematically review computational models for hospital readmission prediction, and propose a taxonomy of challenges featuring four main categories: (1) data variety and complexity; (2) data imbalance, locality and privacy; (3) model interpretability; and (4) model implementation. The review summarizes methods in each category, and highlights technical solutions proposed to address the challenges. In addition, a review of datasets and resources available for hospital readmission modeling also provides firsthand materials to support researchers and practitioners to design new approaches for effective and efficient hospital readmission prediction.
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Effectiveness of a Web-Based Provider Communications Platform in Reducing Hospital Readmissions Among Patients Receiving Dialysis: A Pilot Pre-Post Study. Kidney Med 2022; 4:100511. [PMID: 35966283 PMCID: PMC9372774 DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2022.100511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rationale & Objective Suboptimal care coordination between dialysis facilities and hospitals is an important driver of 30-day hospital readmissions among patients receiving dialysis. We examined whether the introduction of web-based communications platform (“DialysisConnect”) was associated with reduced hospital readmissions. Study Design Pilot pre-post study. Setting & Participants A total of 4,994 index admissions at a single hospital (representing 2,419 patients receiving dialysis) during the study period (January 1, 2019-May 31, 2021). Intervention DialysisConnect was available to providers at the hospital and 4 affiliated dialysis facilities (=intervention facilities) during the pilot period (November 1, 2020-May 31, 2021). Outcomes The primary outcome was 30-day readmission; secondary outcomes included 30-day emergency department visits and observation stays. Interrupted time series and linear models with generalized estimating equations were used to assess pilot versus prepilot differences in outcomes; difference-in-difference analyses were performed to compare these differences between intervention versus control facilities. Sensitivity analyses included a third, prepilot/COVID-19 period (March 1, 2020-October 31, 2020). Results There was no statistically significant difference in the monthly trends in the 30-day readmissions pilot versus prepilot periods (−0.60 vs -0.13, P = 0.85) for intervention facility admissions; the difference-in-difference estimate was also not statistically significant (0.54 percentage points, P = 0.83). Similar analyses including the prepilot/COVID-19 period showed that, despite a substantial drop in admissions at the start of the pandemic, there were no statistically significant differences across the 3 periods. The age-, sex-, race-, and comorbid condition-adjusted, absolute pilot versus prepilot difference in readmissions rate was 1.8% (−3.7% to 7.3%); similar results were found for other outcomes. Limitations Potential loss to follow-up and pandemic effects. Conclusions In this pilot, the introduction of DialysisConnect was not associated with reduced hospital readmissions. Tailored care coordination solutions should be further explored in future, multisite studies to improve the communications gap between dialysis facilities and hospitals.
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Golestaneh L, Melamed M, Kim RS, St. Clair Russell J, Heisler M, Villalba L, Perry T, Cavanaugh KL. Peer mentorship to improve outcomes in patients on hemodialysis (PEER-HD): a randomized controlled trial protocol. BMC Nephrol 2022; 23:92. [PMID: 35247960 PMCID: PMC8897762 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-022-02701-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
Patients receiving in-center hemodialysis experience disproportionate morbidity and incur high healthcare-related costs. Much of this cost stems from potentially avoidable hospitalizations. Peer mentorship has been used effectively to improve outcomes for patients with complex chronic diseases. We propose testing the efficacy of peer mentorship on hospitalization rates among patients receiving hemodialysis.
Methods
This is a multicenter parallel group randomized controlled pragmatic trial of patients treated at hemodialysis facilities in Bronx, NY and Nashville, TN. The study has two phases. Phase 1 will enroll and train 16 hemodialysis patients (10 in Bronx, NY and 6 in Nashville TN) to be mentors using a program focused on enhancing self-efficacy, dialysis self-management and autonomy-supportive communication skills. Phase 2 will enroll 200 high risk adults receiving hemodialysis (140 in Bronx, NY and 60 in Nashville, TN), half of whom will be randomized to intervention and half to usual care. Intervention participants are assigned to weekly telephone calls with trained mentors (see Phase 1) for a 3-month period.
The primary outcome of Phase 1 will be engagement of mentors with training and change in knowledge scores and autonomy skills from pre- to post-training. The primary outcome of Phase 2 will be the composite count of ED visits and hospitalizations at the end of study follow-up in patient participants assigned to intervention as compared to those assigned to usual care. Secondary outcomes for Phase 2 include the change over the trial period in validated survey scores measuring perception of social support and self-efficacy, and dialysis adherence metrics, among intervention participants as compared to usual care participants.
Discussion
The PEER-HD study will test the feasibility and efficacy of a pragmatic peer-mentorship program designed for patients receiving hemodialysis on ED visit and hospitalization rates. If effective, peer-mentorship holds promise as a scalable patient-centered intervention to decrease hospital resource utilization, and by extension morbidity and cost, for patients receiving maintenance in-center hemodialysis.
Trial registration
Clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT03595748; 7/23/2018.
Trial sponsor
National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK) 5R18DK118471.
Funding
Funding for this study was provided by the National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease: R18DK118471.
Study status
This is an ongoing study and not complete. We are still collecting data for observational follow-up on participants.
Related articles
No related articles for this study have been submitted to any journal.
The study sponsor and funders had no role in the design, analysis or interpretation of this data. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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Paulus A, Baernholdt M, Kear T, Jones T, Thacker L. Factors Associated With Hospital Readmissions Among U.S. Dialysis Facilities. J Healthc Qual 2022; 44:59-68. [PMID: 34191751 DOI: 10.1097/jhq.0000000000000300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid uses the standardized readmission ratio (SRR) to evaluate 30-day readmissions among dialysis providers in the U.S. Readmissions among dialysis recipients remains 37%. This study investigates associations among dialysis facilities and patient characteristics with facility's performance on the SRR. METHODS Descriptive, longitudinal, approach using multivariate regression analysis on data retrieved from the Dialysis Facility Report to evaluate the associations between facility-level (staffing, profit status, chain membership, clinic size, care, length of care, vascular access type, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), creatinine, hemoglobin, use of erythropoietin-stimulating agent, albumin, and primary dialysis modality) with the SRR. RESULTS Factors associated with a high SRR included nurse ratios, facility average GFR, and Northeast geographic location. Factors associated with a low SRR included patient care technician ratio, length of predialysis nephrology care, initiation of dialysis with an arteriovenous fistula, average hemoglobin, and Western geographic location. CONCLUSIONS This study defines the influence predialysis nephrology care has on dialysis facilities SRRs. Access to care, adequate preparation for dialysis, and transitional support affect facilities' performance; however, without an appropriate staffing model, dialysis facilities may continue to struggle to reduce readmissions.
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Umeukeje EM, Ngankam D, Beach LB, Morse J, Prigmore HL, Stewart TG, Lewis JB, Cavanaugh KL. African Americans' Hemodialysis Treatment Adherence Data Assessment and Presentation: A Precision-Based Paradigm Shift to Support Quality Improvement Activities. Kidney Med 2022; 4:100394. [PMID: 35243306 PMCID: PMC8861945 DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2021.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE Thrice-weekly hemodialysis can result in adequate urea clearance; however, the morbidity and mortality rates of patients treated with maintenance dialysis remain unacceptably high, partly because of nonadherence. African Americans have a higher prevalence of kidney failure treated with dialysis, greater dialysis nonadherence, and higher odds of hospitalization. We hypothesized that more precise ways of assessing dialysis treatment adherence will reflect the severity of nonadherence, distinguish patterns of nonadherence, and inform the design of personalized behavioral interventions. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS African American patients receiving hemodialysis for >90 days. EXPOSURE Hemodialysis. OUTCOME Dialysis adherence. ANALYTICAL APPROACH Dialysis attendance data were displayed using a dot plot, categorized based on missed and shortened treatments, and examined for patterns. Descriptive characteristics were reported. In an exploratory analysis, associations between dialysis treatment adherence and participant characteristics were evaluated using ordinary least squares regression. An analysis was performed using missed minutes of dialysis and current metrics for measuring dialysis treatment adherence (ie, missed and shortened treatments). RESULTS Among 113 African American patients treated with dialysis, 47% were men; the median age was 57 years (interquartile range, 46-70 years), and the median dialysis vintage was 54 months (interquartile range, 22-90 months). With rows ordered based on the total missed minutes of dialysis, the dot plot displayed a decreasing gradient in the severity of nonadherence, with novel dialysis treatment adherence categories termed as follows: consistent underdialysis, inconsistent dialysis, and consistent dialysis. Distinct patterns of nonadherence and heterogeneity emerged within these categories. Older age was consistently associated with better adherence, as determined by the analyses performed using the total missed minutes of dialysis as well as missed and shortened treatments. LIMITATIONS The study findings, although replicable and paradigm-shifting, might be limited by the short timeline, focus on adherence data specific to African American patients treated with dialysis, and restriction to dialysis units affiliated with 1 academic center. CONCLUSIONS This study presents more precise and novel ways of measuring and displaying dialysis treatment adherence. The findings introduce a more personalized approach for evaluating actual dialysis uptake. Identification of unique patterns of adherence behavior is important to inform the design of effective behavioral interventions and improve outcomes for vulnerable African American patients treated with dialysis.
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- Ebele M. Umeukeje
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease, Nashville, Tennessee
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Kinlaw AC, Andricosky R, Thorpe CT, Kinosian B, Reenen C, Kshirsagar AV. The Program of
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Care for the Elderly: A potential model of coordinated care for patients on dialysis. J Am Geriatr Soc 2022; 70:1591-1594. [DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Alan C. Kinlaw
- Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy Chapel Hill North Carolina USA
- Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy Chapel Hill North Carolina USA
- Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
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- Division of Geriatrics Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
- Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
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- UNC Kidney Center and Division of Nephrology & Hypertension University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USA
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Niu J, Saeed MK, Winkelmayer WC, Erickson KF. Patient Health Outcomes following Dialysis Facility Closures in the United States. J Am Soc Nephrol 2021; 32:2613-2621. [PMID: 34599037 PMCID: PMC8722806 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2021020244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Ongoing changes to reimbursement of United States dialysis care may increase the risk of dialysis facility closures. Closures may be particularly detrimental to the health of patients receiving dialysis, who are medically complex and clinically tenuous. METHODS We used two separate analytic strategies-one using facility-based matching and the other using propensity score matching-to compare health outcomes of patients receiving in-center hemodialysis at United States facilities that closed with outcomes of similar patients who were unaffected. We used negative binomial and Cox regression models to estimate associations of facility closure with hospitalization and mortality in the subsequent 180 days. RESULTS We identified 8386 patients affected by 521 facility closures from January 2001 through April 2014. In the facility-matched model, closures were associated with 9% higher rates of hospitalization (relative rate ratio [RR], 1.09; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.03 to 1.16), yielding an absolute annual rate difference of 1.69 hospital days per patient-year (95% CI, 0.45 to 2.93). Similarly, in a propensity-matched model, closures were associated with 7% higher rates of hospitalization (RR, 1.07; 95% CI, 1.00 to 1.13; P=0.04), yielding an absolute rate difference of 1.08 hospital days per year (95% CI, 0.04 to 2.12). Closures were associated with nonsignificant increases in mortality (hazard ratio [HR], 1.08; 95% CI, 1.00 to 1.18; P=0.05 for the facility-matched comparison; HR, 1.08; 95% CI, 0.99 to 1.17; P=0.08 for the propensity-matched comparison). CONCLUSIONS Patients affected by dialysis facility closures experienced increased rates of hospitalization in the subsequent 180 days and may be at increased risk of death. This highlights the need for effective policies that continue to mitigate risk of facility closures.
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- Jingbo Niu
- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health and Section of Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health and Section of Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health and Section of Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health and Section of Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas,Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas
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Li J, Huang N, Zhong Z, Joe P, Wang D, Ai Z, Wu L, Jiang L, Huang F. Risk factors and outcomes of cardiovascular disease readmission within the first year after dialysis in peritoneal dialysis patients. Ren Fail 2021; 43:159-167. [PMID: 33441045 PMCID: PMC7808740 DOI: 10.1080/0886022x.2020.1866009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background In the first year of dialysis, patients are vulnerable to cardiovascular disease (CVD) hospitalization, but knowledge regarding the risk factors and long-term outcomes of cardiovascular readmission within the first year after dialysis in incident continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients is limited. Methods This retrospective cohort study was conducted in incident CAPD patients. The demographic characteristics, laboratory parameters, and CVD readmission were collected and analyzed. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality, and the secondary outcomes included CVD mortality, infection-related mortality and technique failure. A logistic regression was used to identify the risk factors associated with CVD readmission within the first year after dialysis. Cox proportional hazards models were used to evaluate the association between CVD readmission and the outcomes. Results In total, 1589 peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients were included in this study, of whom 120 (7.6%) patients had at least one episode of CVD readmission within the first year after dialysis initiation. Advanced age, CVD history, and a lower level of serum albumin were independently associated with CVD readmission. CVD readmission within the first year after dialysis was significantly associated with all-cause (HR 2.66, 95%CI 1.91–3.70, p < 0.001) and CVD (HR 3.42, 95%CI 2.20–5.31, p < 0.001) mortality, but not infection-related mortality or technique failure, after adjusting for confounders. Conclusions Our findings suggest that an advanced age, a history of CVD, and a lower level of serum albumin were independently associated with CVD readmission. Moreover, CVD readmission was associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in incident CAPD patients.
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- Jianbo Li
- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medicine, Linzhi People's Hospital, Linzhi, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medicine, Linzhi People's Hospital, Linzhi, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China
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Doshi S, Wish JB. Strategies to Reduce Rehospitalization in Patients with CKD and Kidney Failure. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2021; 16:328-334. [PMID: 32660962 PMCID: PMC7863646 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.02300220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Readmissions in patients with nondialysis-dependent CKD and kidney failure are common and are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and economic consequences. In 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implemented the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in an attempt to reduce high hospitalization-associated costs. Up to 50% of all readmissions are deemed avoidable and present an opportunity for intervention. We describe factors that are specific to the patient, the index hospitalization, and underlying conditions that help identify the "high-risk" patient. Early follow-up care, developing volume management strategies, optimizing nutrition, obtaining palliative care consultations for seriously ill patients during hospitalization and conducting goals-of-care discussions with them, instituting systematic advance care planning during outpatient visits to avoid unwanted hospitalizations and intensive treatment at the end of life, and developing protocols for patients with incident or prevalent cardiovascular conditions may help prevent avoidable readmissions in patients with kidney disease.
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- Simit Doshi
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Li J, Yu J, Huang N, Ye H, Wang D, Peng Y, Guo X, Yi C, Yang X, Yu X. Prevalence, risk factors and impact on outcomes of 30-day unexpected rehospitalization in incident peritoneal dialysis patients. BMC Nephrol 2021; 22:4. [PMID: 33407231 PMCID: PMC7786918 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-020-02201-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Background Rehospitalization is a major problem for end stage renal disease (ESRD) populations. However, researches on 30-day unexpected rehospitalzation of incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients were limited. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, risk factors and impact on outcomes of 30-day unexpected rehospitalization in incident PD patients. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study. Patients who accepted PD catheter implantation in our centre from Jan 1, 2006 to Dec 31, 2013 and regular follow-up were included. The demographic characteristics, laboratory parameters, and rehospitalization data were collected and analyzed. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality, and the secondary outcomes included cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and technical failure. Results Totally 1632 patients (46.9 ± 15.3 years old, 60.1% male, 25.6% with diabetes) were included. Among them, 149 (9.1%) had a 30-day unexpected rehospitalization after discharge. PD-related peritonitis (n = 48, 32.2%), catheter malfunction (n = 30, 20.1%) and severe fluid overload (n = 19, 12.8%) were the top three causes for the rehospitalization. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that length of index hospital stays [Odds ratio (OR) =1.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.00–1.03, P = 0.036) and hyponatremia (OR = 1.85, 95% CI 1.06–3.24, P = 0.031) were independently associated with the rehospitalization. Multivariate Cox regression analysis indicated that 30-day rehospitalization was an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality [Hazard ratio (HR) =1.52, 95% CI 1.07–2.16, P = 0.019) and CVD mortality (HR = 1.73, 95% CI 1.03–2.90, P = 0.038). Conclusions The prevalence of 30-day unexpected rehospitalization for incident PD patients in our centre was 9.1%. The top three causes for the rehospitalization were PD-related peritonitis, catheter malfunction and severe fluid overload. Thirty-day unexpected rehospitalization increased the risk of all-cause mortality and CVD mortality for PD patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jianbo Li
- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Statistical Science, School of Mathematics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China. .,Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China. .,Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China. .,School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China.
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Bansal N, Glidden DV, Mehrotra R, Townsend RR, Cohen J, Linke L, Palad F, Larson H, Hsu CY. Treating Home Versus Predialysis Blood Pressure Among In-Center Hemodialysis Patients: A Pilot Randomized Trial. Am J Kidney Dis 2021; 77:12-22. [PMID: 32800842 PMCID: PMC7752836 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE Observational studies have reported a U-shaped association between blood pressure (BP) before a hemodialysis session and death. In contrast, because a linear association between out-of-dialysis-unit BP and death has been reported, home BP may be a better target for treatment. To test the feasibility of this approach, we conducted a pilot trial of treating home versus predialysis BP in hemodialysis patients. STUDY DESIGN A 4-month, parallel, randomized, controlled trial. SETTINGS & PARTICIPANTS 50 prevalent hemodialysis patients in San Francisco and Seattle. Participants were randomly assigned using 1:1 block randomization, stratified by site. INTERVENTIONS To target home systolic BP (SBP) of 100-<140 mm Hg versus predialysis SBP of 100-<140mm Hg. Home and predialysis SBPs were ascertained every 2 weeks. Dry weight and BP medications were adjusted to reach the target SBP. OUTCOMES Primary outcomes were feasibility, adherence, safety. and tolerability. RESULTS 50 of 70 (71%) patients who were approached agreed to participate. All enrollees completed the study except for 1 who received a kidney transplant. In the home BP treatment group, adherence to obtaining/reporting home BP was 97.4% (and consistent over the 4 months). There was no increased frequency of high (defined as SBP>200mm Hg; 0.2% vs 0%) or low (defined as<90mm Hg; 1.8% vs 1.2%) predialysis BP readings in the home versus predialysis treatment arms, respectively. However, participants in the home BP arm had higher frequency of fatigue (32% vs 16%). LIMITATIONS Small sample size. CONCLUSIONS This pilot trial demonstrates feasibility and high adherence to home BP measurement and treatment in hemodialysis patients. Larger trials to test the long-term feasibility, efficacy, and safety of home BP treatment in hemodialysis patients should be conducted. FUNDERS National Institutes of Health, Satellite Healthcare, and Northwest Kidney Centers. TRIAL REGISTRATION Registered at ClinicalTrials.gov with study number NCT03459807.
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- Nisha Bansal
- Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Division of Nephrology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Nephrology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Nephrology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Golestaneh L, Cavanaugh KL, Lo Y, Karaboyas A, Melamed ML, Johns TS, Norris KC. Community Racial Composition and Hospitalization Among Patients Receiving In-Center Hemodialysis. Am J Kidney Dis 2020; 76:754-764. [PMID: 32673736 PMCID: PMC7844565 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE Community racial composition has been shown to be associated with mortality in patients receiving maintenenance dialysis. It is unclear whether living in communities with predominantly Black residents is also associated with risk for hospitalization among patients receiving hemodialysis. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from a cohort of patients receiving hemodialysis. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS 4,567 patients treated in 154 dialysis facilities located in 127 unique zip codes and enrolled in US Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) phases 4 to 5 (2010-2015). EXPOSURE Tertile of percentage of Black residents within zip code of patients' dialysis facility, defined through a link to the American Community Survey. OUTCOME Rate of hospitalizations during the study period. ANALYTIC APPROACH Associations of patient-, facility-, and community-level variables with community's percentage of Black residents were assessed using analysis of variance, Kruskal-Wallis, or χ2/Fisher exact tests. Negative binomial regression was used to estimate the incidence rate ratio for hospitalizations between these communities, with and without adjustment for potential confounding variables. RESULTS Mean age of study patients was 62.7 years. 53% were White, 27% were Black, and 45% were women. Median and threshold percentages of Black residents in zip codes in which dialysis facilities were located were 34.2% and≥14.4% for tertile 3 and 1.0% and≤1.8% for tertile 1, respectively. Compared with those in tertile 1 facilities, patients in tertile 3 facilities were more likely to be younger, be Black, live in urban communities with lower socioeconomic status, have a catheter as vascular access, and have fewer comorbid conditions. Patients dialyzing in communities with the highest tertile of Black residents experienced a higher adjusted rate of hospitalization (adjusted incidence rate ratio, 1.32; 95% CI, 1.12-1.56) compared with those treated in communities within the lowest tertile. LIMITATIONS Potential residual confounding. CONCLUSIONS The risk for hospitalization for patients receiving maintenance dialysis is higher among those treated in communities with a higher percentage of Black residents after adjustment for dialysis care, patient demographics, and comorbid conditions. Understanding the cause of this association should be a priority of future investigation.
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- Ladan Golestaneh
- Renal Division, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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- Renal Division, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
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- Renal Division, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, UCLA/David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Division of Nephrology, UCLA/David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
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Abstract
People with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) who require chronic dialysis are often reliant on complicated medication regimens to manage their health conditions. Due to the complexities of the advanced kidney disease, underlying comorbidities, and special instructions, medication regimens for patients on dialysis put patients at high risk for medication therapy problems related to safety, effectiveness, appropriateness, and adherence. This article explores the factors that affect optimal medication use for people on dialysis, including the broader drug use system, and offers recommendations around medication reconciliation, medication review, deprescribing, and considering social determinants of health to improve medication management among patients with ESKD.
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- Katie E Cardone
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY, USA.,Department of Population Health Sciences, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY, USA
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Soh JGS, Wong WP, Mukhopadhyay A, Quek SC, Tai BC. Predictors of 30-day unplanned hospital readmission among adult patients with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review with meta-analysis. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care 2020; 8:8/1/e001227. [PMID: 32784248 PMCID: PMC7418689 DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Adult patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) represent one-fifth of all 30-day unplanned hospital readmissions but some may be preventable through continuity of care with better DM self-management. We aim to synthesize evidence concerning the association between 30-day unplanned hospital readmission and patient-related factors, insurance status, treatment and comorbidities in adult patients with DM. We searched full-text English language articles in three electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase and CINAHL) without confining to a particular publication period or geographical area. Prospective and retrospective cohort and case-control studies which identified significant risk factors of 30-day unplanned hospital readmission were included, while interventional studies were excluded. The study participants were aged ≥18 years with either type 1 or 2 DM. The random effects model was used to quantify the overall effect of each factor. Twenty-three studies published between 1998 and 2018 met the selection criteria and 18 provided information for the meta-analysis. The data were collected within a period ranging from 1 to 15 years. Although patient-related factors such as age, gender and race were identified, comorbidities such as heart failure (OR=1.81, 95% CI 1.67 to 1.96) and renal disease (OR=1.69, 95% CI 1.34 to 2.12), as well as insulin therapy (OR=1.45, 95% CI 1.24 to 1.71) and insurance status (OR=1.41, 95% CI 1.22 to 1.63) were stronger predictors of 30-day unplanned hospital readmission. The findings may be used to target DM self-management education at vulnerable groups based on comorbidities, insurance type, and insulin therapy.
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- Jade Gek Sang Soh
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Health and Social Sciences, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore
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- Health and Social Sciences, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore
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- Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore
- National University Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
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- Department of Paediatrics, National University Hospital, Singapore
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Chiu CY, Oria D, Yangga P, Kang D. Quality assessment of weekend discharge: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Qual Health Care 2020; 32:347-355. [PMID: 32453404 DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzaa060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Hospital bed utility and length of stay affect the healthcare budget and quality of patient care. Prior studies already show admission and operation on weekends have higher mortality rates compared with weekdays, which has been identified as the 'weekend effect.' However, discharges on weekends are also linked with quality of care, and have been evaluated in the recent decade with different dimensions. This meta-analysis aims to discuss weekend discharges associated with 30-day readmission, 30-day mortality, 30-day emergency department visits and 14-day follow-up visits compared with weekday discharges. DATA SOURCES PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched from January 2000 to November 2019. STUDY SELECTION Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines were followed. Only studies published in English were reviewed. The random-effects model was applied to assess the effects of heterogeneity among the selected studies. DATA EXTRACTION Year of publication, country, sample size, number of weekday/weekend discharges, 30-day readmission, 30-day mortality, 30-day ED visits and 14-day appointment follow-up rate. RESULTS OF DATA SYNTHESIS There are 20 studies from seven countries, including 13 articles from America, in the present meta-analysis. There was no significant difference in odds ratio (OR) in 30-day readmission, 30-day mortality, 30-day ED visit, and 14-day follow-up between weekday and weekend. However, the OR for 30-day readmission was significantly higher among patients in the USA, including studies with high heterogeneity. CONCLUSION In the USA, the 30-day readmission rate was higher in patients who had been discharged on the weekend compared with the weekday. However, interpretation should be cautious because of data limitation and high heterogeneity. Further intervention should be conducted to eliminate any healthcare inequality within the healthcare system and to improve the quality of patient care.
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- Chia-Yu Chiu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center, Room 8-20, 234 E 149th St, New York, NY 10451, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center, Room 8-20, 234 E 149th St, New York, NY 10451, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center, Room 8-20, 234 E 149th St, New York, NY 10451, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center, Room 8-20, 234 E 149th St, New York, NY 10451, USA
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Bergman J, Tennankore K, Vinson A. Early and recurrent hospitalization after kidney transplantation: Analysis of a contemporary canadian cohort of kidney transplant recipients. Clin Transplant 2020; 34:e14007. [PMID: 32516477 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hospital readmission is a common occurrence following kidney transplantation, but less is known about the predictors of early and recurrent hospitalization. We analyzed a cohort of adult kidney transplant recipients in Nova Scotia, Canada, from January 2010 to December 2015. Readmission rates for 30 days, 6 months, and 1 year were calculated as a proportion of total transplants. Factors independently associated with early readmission were investigated using multivariable Cox hazards models with multivariable Anderson-Gill Cox models being used for factors independently associated with recurrent readmission. Of the 213 patients included, 41 (19.2%), 78 (36.6%), and 88 (41.3%) were readmitted to hospital within 30 days, 6 months, and 1 year, respectively. On multivariable analyses, a history of congestive heart failure (HR 1.741, 95% CI 1.039-2.918), peptic ulcer disease (HR 2.290, 95% CI 1.054-4.973), and liver disease (HR 2.492, 95% CI 1.162-5.344) was associated with higher risk of first rehospitalization. Recurrent hospital admission was associated with initial hospital duration ≥ 8 days (HR 2.140, 95% CI 1.265-3.618), congestive heart failure (HR 1.366, 95% CI 1.044-1.787), and liver disease (HR 1.785, 95% CI 1.257-2.534). Increasing duration of initial hospitalization, congestive heart failure, and liver disease are important to consider when evaluating a patient's risk for recurrent readmission following kidney transplant.
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University/Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University/Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Mahmoudi E, Kamdar N, Kim N, Gonzales G, Singh K, Waljee AK. Use of electronic medical records in development and validation of risk prediction models of hospital readmission: systematic review. BMJ 2020; 369:m958. [PMID: 32269037 PMCID: PMC7249246 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To provide focused evaluation of predictive modeling of electronic medical record (EMR) data to predict 30 day hospital readmission. DESIGN Systematic review. DATA SOURCE Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Scopus from January 2015 to January 2019. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES All studies of predictive models for 28 day or 30 day hospital readmission that used EMR data. OUTCOME MEASURES Characteristics of included studies, methods of prediction, predictive features, and performance of predictive models. RESULTS Of 4442 citations reviewed, 41 studies met the inclusion criteria. Seventeen models predicted risk of readmission for all patients and 24 developed predictions for patient specific populations, with 13 of those being developed for patients with heart conditions. Except for two studies from the UK and Israel, all were from the US. The total sample size for each model ranged between 349 and 1 195 640. Twenty five models used a split sample validation technique. Seventeen of 41 studies reported C statistics of 0.75 or greater. Fifteen models used calibration techniques to further refine the model. Using EMR data enabled final predictive models to use a wide variety of clinical measures such as laboratory results and vital signs; however, use of socioeconomic features or functional status was rare. Using natural language processing, three models were able to extract relevant psychosocial features, which substantially improved their predictions. Twenty six studies used logistic or Cox regression models, and the rest used machine learning methods. No statistically significant difference (difference 0.03, 95% confidence interval -0.0 to 0.07) was found between average C statistics of models developed using regression methods (0.71, 0.68 to 0.73) and machine learning (0.74, 0.71 to 0.77). CONCLUSIONS On average, prediction models using EMR data have better predictive performance than those using administrative data. However, this improvement remains modest. Most of the studies examined lacked inclusion of socioeconomic features, failed to calibrate the models, neglected to conduct rigorous diagnostic testing, and did not discuss clinical impact.
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- Elham Mahmoudi
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction (MiCHAMP), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Tavares MG, Tedesco-Silva Junior H, Pestana JOM. Early Hospital Readmission (EHR) in kidney transplantation: a review article. J Bras Nefrol 2020; 42:231-237. [PMID: 32227073 PMCID: PMC7427637 DOI: 10.1590/2175-8239-jbn-2019-0089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Early hospital readmission (EHR), defined as all readmissions within 30 days of initial hospital discharge, is a health care quality measure. It is influenced by the demographic characteristics of the population at risk, the multidisciplinary approach for hospital discharge, the access, coverage, and comprehensiveness of the health care system, and reimbursement policies. EHR is associated with higher morbidity, mortality, and increased health care costs. Monitoring EHR enables the identification of hospital and outpatient healthcare weaknesses and the implementation of corrective interventions. Among kidney transplant recipients in the USA, EHR ranges between 18 and 47%, and is associated with one-year increased mortality and graft loss. One study in Brazil showed an incidence of 19.8% of EHR. The main causes of readmission were infections and surgical and metabolic complications. Strategies to reduce early hospital readmission are therefore essential and should consider the local factors, including socio-economic conditions, epidemiology and endemic diseases, and mobility.
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Palmer BF. Potassium Binders for Hyperkalemia in Chronic Kidney Disease-Diet, Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitor Therapy, and Hemodialysis. Mayo Clin Proc 2020; 95:339-354. [PMID: 31668450 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Hyperkalemia is a potentially life-threatening complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The management of CKD requires balancing the benefits of specific treatments, which may exacerbate the potential for hyperkalemia, with the risks of hyperkalemia itself. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors, which slow CKD progression and improve cardiovascular outcomes, are often discontinued if hyperkalemia develops. Patients with hyperkalemia are frequently advised to restrict dietary potassium (K+), depriving these patients of many heart-healthy foods. Patients receiving hemodialysis are particularly susceptible to hyperkalemia during long interdialytic intervals, and managing this risk without causing hypokalemia can be challenging. Recently, 2 K+-binding agents were approved for the treatment of hyperkalemia: sodium zirconium cyclosilicate and patiromer. These agents offer alternatives to sodium polystyrene sulfonate, which is associated with serious gastrointestinal adverse effects. For this review, PubMed was searched for English-language articles published in 2014-2018 using the terms patiromer, sodium zirconium cyclosilicate, sodium polystyrene sulfonate, hyperkalemia, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone, diet, and dialysis. In randomized controlled studies of patients with hyperkalemia, sodium zirconium cyclosilicate and patiromer effectively reduced serum K+ and were generally well tolerated. Furthermore, patients in these studies could maintain RAAS inhibitor therapy and, in some studies, were not required to limit dietary K+. There may also be a role for these agents in preventing hyperkalemia in patients receiving hemodialysis. Thus, K+-binding agents may allow patients with CKD at risk for hyperkalemia to optimize RAAS inhibitor therapy, receive benefits of a K+-rich diet, and experience improved hemodialysis outcomes. Additional long-term studies are necessary to confirm these effects.
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- Biff F Palmer
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
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Lin Y, Yang C, Chu H, Wu J, Lin K, Shi Y, Wang H, Kong G, Zhang L. Association between the Charlson Comorbidity Index and the risk of 30-day unplanned readmission in patients receiving maintenance dialysis. BMC Nephrol 2019; 20:363. [PMID: 31590637 PMCID: PMC6781396 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-019-1538-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) are frequently hospitalized. Reducing unplanned 30-day hospital readmissions is a key priority for improving the quality of health care. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), which has been used to evaluate multi-comorbidities status, and 30-day readmission in patients on HD and PD therapy. Methods The Hospital Quality Monitoring System (HQMS), a national administrative database for hospitalized patients in China was used to extract dialysis patients admitted from January 2013 to December 2015. The outcome was the unplanned readmission following the hospital discharge within 30 days. For patients with multiple hospitalizations, a single hospitalization was randomly selected as the index hospitalization. A cause-specific Cox proportional hazard model was utilized to assess the association of CCI with readmission within 30 days. Results Of the 124,721 patients included in the study, 19,893 patients (16.0%) were identified as experiencing unplanned readmissions within 30 days. Compared with patients without comorbidity (CCI = 2, scored for dialysis), the risk of 30-day readmission increased with elevated CCI score. The hazards ratio (HR) for those with CCI 3–4, 5–6 and > 6 was 1.01 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.98–1.05), 1.09 (95% CI 1.05–1.14), and 1.14 (95% CI 1.09–1.20), respectively. Conclusions Our study indicated that CCI was independently associated with the risk of 30-day readmission for patients receiving dialysis including HD and PD, and could be used for risk-stratification. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12882-019-1538-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Yu Lin
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,National Institute of Health Data Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,Center for Data Science in Health and Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital; Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital; Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,National Institute of Health Data Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,Center for Data Science in Health and Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,National Institute of Health Data Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.,Center for Data Science in Health and Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- China Standard Medical Information Research Center, Shenzhen, 518042, Guangdong, China
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- Clinical Trial Unit, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong, China
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- National Institute of Health Data Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Center for Data Science in Health and Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- National Institute of Health Data Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Center for Data Science in Health and Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital; Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, 100034, China.
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Analysis of the factors affecting the hospital readmission incidence of hemodialysis patients in Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. ENFERMERIA CLINICA 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcli.2019.04.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ross KH, Jaar BG, Lea JP, Masud T, Patzer RE, Plantinga LC. Long-term outcomes among Medicare patients readmitted in the first year of hemodialysis: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Nephrol 2019; 20:285. [PMID: 31357952 PMCID: PMC6664786 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-019-1473-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Background Readmission within 30 days of hospital discharge is common and costly among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Little is known about long-term outcomes after readmission. We estimated the association between hospital admissions and readmissions in the first year of dialysis and outcomes in the second year. Methods Data on incident dialysis patients with Medicare coverage were obtained from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS). Readmission patterns were summarized as no admissions in the first year of dialysis (Admit-), at least one admission but no readmissions within 30 days (Admit+/Readmit-), and admissions with at least one readmission within 30 days (Admit+/Readmit+).We used Cox proportional hazards models to estimate the association between readmission pattern and mortality, hospitalization, and kidney transplantation, accounting for demographic and clinical covariates. Results Among the 128,593 Medicare ESRD patients included in the study, 18.5% were Admit+/Readmit+, 30.5% were Admit+/Readmit-, and 51.0% were Admit-. Readmit+/Admit+ patients had substantially higher long-term risk of mortality (HR = 3.32 (95% CI, 3.21–3.44)), hospitalization (HR = 4.46 (95% CI, 4.36–4.56)), and lower likelihood of kidney transplantation (HR = 0.52 (95% CI, 0.44–0.62)) compared to Admit- patients; these associations were stronger than those among Admit+/Readmit- patients. Conclusions Patients with readmissions in the first year of dialysis were at substantially higher risk of poor outcomes than either patients who had no admissions or patients who had hospital admissions but no readmissions. Identifying strategies to both prevent readmission and mitigate risk among patients who had a readmission may improve outcomes among this substantial, high-risk group of ESRD patients. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12882-019-1473-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Katherine H Ross
- Department of Epidemiology, Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Nephrology Center of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.,Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.,Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA. .,Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Doshi S, Wish JB. Can Emergency Department Visits for Adverse Drug Reactions in Dialysis Patients be Reduced? Am J Nephrol 2019; 47:435-437. [PMID: 29895004 DOI: 10.1159/000490064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sahlie A, Jaar BG, Paez LG, Masud T, Lea JP, Burkart JM, Plantinga LC. Burden and Correlates of Hospital Readmissions among U.S. Peritoneal Dialysis Patients. Perit Dial Int 2019; 39:261-267. [PMID: 30846608 DOI: 10.3747/pdi.2018.00175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background:Hospital readmissions are common among in-center hemodialysis patients, but little is known about readmissions among peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Using national administrative data, we aimed to examine the burden and correlates of hospital readmissions among U.S. PD patients.Methods:Among 10,505 adult U.S. PD patients with an index admission (first admission after 120 days on dialysis) between 31 January 2011 and 30 November 2014, readmissions were defined as new hospital admissions within 30 days of index discharge. Multivariable logistic regression was used to obtain adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for readmission.Results:Overall, 26.8% of index admissions were followed by a readmission. Readmitted patients were more likely to have congestive heart failure (31.0% vs 25.4%; p < 0.001) and peripheral arterial disease (11.6% vs 8.6%; p < 0.001) and had longer index admission length of stay (median = 4 vs 3 days; p < 0.001) than those who were not; age, sex, and race did not differ by readmission status. After adjustment for patient and index admission characteristics, longer length of stay (≥ 4 vs < 4 days, OR = 1.48, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.35 - 1.62), peripheral arterial disease (OR = 1.31, 95% CI 1.16 - 1.57), congestive heart failure (OR = 1.25, 95% CI 1.13 - 1.39), and ischemic heart disease (OR = 1.12, 95% CI 1.01 - 1.24) were associated with higher likelihood of readmission; index admission due to peritonitis vs other causes was associated with lower likelihood of readmission (OR = 0.80, 95% CI 0.70 - 0.92).Conclusions:Our results suggest that, particularly in the absence of a PD-related cause of hospitalization such as peritonitis, PD patients may be at high risk for readmission and may benefit from closer post-discharge monitoring.
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- Abyalew Sahlie
- Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Welch Center for Prevention, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Nephrology Center of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA .,Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Adisa O, Jaar BG, Masud T, Sahlie A, Obadina C, Ang J, Lea JP, Plantinga LC. Association of social worker-assessed psychosocial factors with 30-day hospital readmissions among hemodialysis patients. BMC Nephrol 2018; 19:360. [PMID: 30558578 PMCID: PMC6296214 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-018-1162-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Evidence regarding the effect of psychosocial factors on hospital readmission in the setting of hemodialysis is limited. We examined whether social worker-assessed factors were associated with 30-day readmission among prevalent hemodialysis patients. Methods Data on 14 factors were extracted from the first available psychosocial assessment performed by social workers at three metropolitan Atlanta dialysis centers. Index admissions (first admission preceded by ≥30 days without a previous hospital discharge) were identified in the period 2/1/10–12/31/14, using linked national administrative hospitalization data. Readmission was defined as any admission within 30 days after index discharge. Associations of each of the psychosocial factors with readmission were assessed using multivariable logistic regression with adjustment for patient and index admission characteristics. Results Among 719 patients with index admissions, 22.1% were readmitted within 30 days. No psychosocial factors were statistically significantly associated with readmission risk. However, history of substance abuse vs. none was associated with a 29% higher risk of 30-day readmission [OR: 1.29, 95% CI: 0.75–2.23], whereas depression/anxiety was associated with 20% lower risk [OR: 0.80, 95% CI: 0.47–1.36]. Patients who were never married and those who were divorced, or widowed had 38 and 17% higher risk of 30-day readmission, respectively, than those who were married [OR: 1.38, 95% CI: 0.84–2.72; OR: 1.17, 95% CI: 0.73–1.90]. Conclusions Results suggest that psychosocial issues may be associated with risk of 30-day readmission among dialysis patients. Despite the limitations of lack of generalizability and potential misclassification due to patient self-report of psychosocial factors to social workers, further study is warranted to determine whether addressing these factors through targeted interventions could potentially reduce readmissions among hemodialysis patients.
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- Olufunmilola Adisa
- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Nephrology Center of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Suwanee, GA, USA
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- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. .,Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Plantinga LC, Masud T, Lea JP, Burkart JM, O'Donnell CM, Jaar BG. Post-hospitalization dialysis facility processes of care and hospital readmissions among hemodialysis patients: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Nephrol 2018; 19:186. [PMID: 30064380 PMCID: PMC6069998 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-018-0983-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Both dialysis facilities and hospitals are accountable for 30-day hospital readmissions among U.S. hemodialysis patients. We examined the association of post-hospitalization processes of care at hemodialysis facilities with pulmonary edema-related and other readmissions. Methods In a retrospective cohort comprised of electronic medical record (EMR) data linked with national registry data, we identified unique patient index admissions (n = 1056; 2/1/10–7/31/15) that were followed by ≥3 in-center hemodialysis sessions within 10 days, among patients treated at 19 Southeastern dialysis facilities. Indicators of processes of care were defined as present vs. absent in the dialysis facility EMR. Readmissions were defined as admissions within 30 days of the index discharge; pulmonary edema-related vs. other readmissions defined by discharge codes for pulmonary edema, fluid overload, and/or congestive heart failure. Multinomial logistic regression to estimate odds ratios (ORs) for pulmonary edema-related and other vs. no readmissions. Results Overall, 17.7% of patients were readmitted, and 8.0% had pulmonary edema-related readmissions (44.9% of all readmissions). Documentation of the index admission (OR = 2.03, 95% CI 1.07–3.85), congestive heart failure (OR = 1.87, 95% CI 1.07–3.27), and home medications stopped (OR = 1.81, 95% CI 1.08–3.05) or changed (OR = 1.69, 95% CI 1.06–2.70) in the EMR post-hospitalization were all associated with higher risk of pulmonary edema-related vs. no readmission; lower post-dialysis weight (by ≥0.5 kg) after vs. before hospitalization was associated with 40% lower risk (OR = 0.60, 95% CI 0.37–0.96). Conclusions Our results suggest that some interventions performed at the dialysis facility in the post-hospitalization period may be associated with reduced readmission risk, while others may provide a potential existing means of identifying patients at higher risk for readmissions, to whom such interventions could be efficiently targeted. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12882-018-0983-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Laura C Plantinga
- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. .,Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Nephrology Center of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Harhay MN, Jia Y, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Besharatian B, Gumber R, Weng FL, Hall IE, Doshi M, Schroppel B, Parikh CR, Reese PP. The association of discharge decisions after deceased donor kidney transplantation with the risk of early readmission: Results from the deceased donor study. Clin Transplant 2018; 32:e13215. [PMID: 29393541 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.13215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Kidney transplant (KT) recipients experience high rates of early (≤30 days) hospital readmission (EHR) after KT, and existing studies provide limited data on modifiable discharge factors that may mitigate EHR risk. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study of 468 adult deceased donor KT recipients transplanted between 4/2010 and 11/2013 at 5 United States transplant centers. We fit multivariable mixed effects models to assess the association of two potentially modifiable discharge factors with the probability of EHR after KT: (i) weekend discharge and (ii) days to first scheduled follow-up. RESULTS Among 468 KT recipients, 38% (n = 178) experienced EHR after KT. In fully adjusted analyses, compared to weekday discharges, KT recipients discharged on the weekend had a 29% lower risk of EHR (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.71, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.41-0.94). Compared to follow-up within 2 days of discharge, KT recipients with follow-up within 3 to 6 days had a 28% higher probability of EHR (aOR 1.28, 95% CI 1.13-1.45). CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that clinical decisions related to the timing of discharge and follow-up modify EHR risk after KT, independent of traditional risk factors.
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- Meera Nair Harhay
- Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health, Livingston, NJ, USA
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Albabtain IT, Alsuhaibani RS, Almalki SA, Arishi HA, Alsulaim HA. Outcomes of common general surgery procedures for patients discharged over weekends at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia. Ann Saudi Med 2018; 38:105-110. [PMID: 29620543 PMCID: PMC6074366 DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2018.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hospitals usually reduce staffing levels and services over weekends. This raises the question of whether patients discharged over a weekend may be inadequately prepared and possibly at higher risk of adverse events post-discharge. OBJECTIVES To assess the outcomes of common general surgery procedures for patients discharged over weekends, and to identify the key predictors of early readmission. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING A tertiary care center. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients discharged from general surgery services during the one-year period between January and December 2016 after cholecystectomy, appendectomy, or hernia repairs were included. Patient demographic information, comorbidities, and complications as well as admission and follow-up details were collected from electronic medical records. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Outcomes following weekend discharge, and the predictors of early readmission. SAMPLE SIZE 743 patients. RESULTS The operations performed: 361 patients (48.6%) underwent a cholecystectomy, 288 (38.8%) an appendectomy, and 94 (12.6%) hernia repairs. A significantly lower number of patients were discharged over the weekend (n=125) compared to those discharged on weekdays (n=618). Patients discharged during the weekend were younger, less likely to have chronic diseases, and had a significantly shorter average length of stay (LOS) (median 2 days, IQR: 1, 4 vs. median 3 days, IQR: 1, 5, P=.002). Overall, the 30-day readmission rate was 3.2% (n=24), and weekend discharge (OR=2.25, 95% CI 0.52-9.70) or any other variable did not predict readmission in 30 days. However, 14-day post-discharge follow-up visits were significantly lower in the weekend discharge subgroup (83.1% vs. 91.2%, P=.006). CONCLUSION Weekend discharge was not associated with higher readmission rates. Physicians may consider discharging post-operative patients over a weekend without an increased risk to the patient. Day of discharge, length of stay and increased patient age are not predictors of early readmission. LIMITATIONS Single-center study and retrospective. CONFLICT OF INTEREST None.
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- Dr. Sami Abdulrahman Almalki, College of Medicine,, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences,, PO Box 6247, Riyadh 12936,, Saudi Arabia, T: +966555987922,
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Hickson LJ, Thorsteinsdottir B, Ramar P, Reinalda MS, Crowson CS, Williams AW, Albright RC, Onuigbo MA, Rule AD, Shah ND. Hospital Readmission among New Dialysis Patients Associated with Young Age and Poor Functional Status. Nephron Clin Pract 2018; 139:1-12. [PMID: 29402792 DOI: 10.1159/000485985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Over one-third of hospital discharges among dialysis patients are followed by 30-day readmission. The first year after dialysis start is a high-risk time frame. We examined the rate, causes, timing, and predictors of 30-day readmissions among adult, incident dialysis patients. METHODS Hospital readmissions were assessed from the 91st day to the 15th month after the initiation of dialysis using a Mayo Clinic registry linkage to United States Renal Data System claims during the period January 2001-December 2010. RESULTS Among 1,727 patients with ≥1 hospitalization, 532 (31%) had ≥1, and 261 (15%) had ≥2 readmissions. Readmission rate was 1.1% per person-day post-discharge, and the highest rates (2.5% per person-day) occurred ≤5 days after index admission. The overall cumulative readmission rate was 33.8% at day 30. Common readmission diagnoses included cardiac issues (22%), vascular disorders (19%), and infection (13%). Similar-cause readmissions to index hospitalization were more common during days 0-14 post-discharge than days 15-30 (37.5 vs. 22.9%; p = 0.004). Younger age at dialysis initiation, inability to transfer/ambulate, serum creatinine ≤5.3 mg/dL, higher number of previous hospitalizations, and longer duration on dialysis were associated with higher readmission rates in multivariable analyses. Patients aged 18-39 were few (8.3%) but comprised 17.7% of "high-readmission" users such that a 30-year-old patient had an 87% chance of being readmitted within 30 days of any hospital discharge, whereas an 80-year-old patient had a 25% chance. CONCLUSIONS Overall, 30-day readmissions are common within the first year of dialysis start. The first 10-day period after discharge, young patients, and those with poor functional status represent key areas for targeted interventions to reduce readmissions.
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- LaTonya J Hickson
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.,Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Golestaneh L. Decreasing hospitalizations in patients on hemodialysis: Time for a paradigm shift. Semin Dial 2018; 31:278-288. [DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Ladan Golestaneh
- Nephrology Division; Department of Medicine; Montefiore Medical Center; Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Bronx NY USA
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Plantinga LC, King LM, Masud T, Shafi T, Burkart JM, Lea JP, Jaar BG. Burden and correlates of readmissions related to pulmonary edema in US hemodialysis patients: a cohort study. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2017; 33:1215-1223. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfx335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Laura C Plantinga
- Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Nephrology Center of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Golestaneh L, Bellin E, Southern W, Melamed ML. Discharge service as a determinant of 30-day readmission in a cohort of maintenance hemodialysis patients: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Nephrol 2017; 18:352. [PMID: 29202796 PMCID: PMC5716258 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-017-0761-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Background End stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on maintenance hemodialysis, are high utilizers of inpatient services. Because of data showing improved outcomes in medical patients admitted to hospitalist-run, non-teaching services, we hypothesized that discharge from a hospitalist-run, non-teaching service is associated with lower risk of 30-day re-hospitalization in a cohort of patients on hemodialysis. Methods One thousand and 84 consecutive patients with ESRD on maintenance hemodialysis who were admitted to Montefiore, a tertiary care center, in 2014 were analyzed using the electronic medical records. We evaluated factors associated with 30-day readmission in multivariable regression models. We then tested the association of care by a hospitalist-run, non-teaching service with 30-day readmission in a propensity score matched analysis. Results Patients cared for on the hospitalist-run, non-teaching service had lower socio-economic scores (SES) and had longer lengths of stay (LOS), as compared to a standard teaching service, but otherwise the populations were similar. In multivariable testing, severity of illness, (OR 2.40, (95%CI: 1.43–4.03) for highest quartile) number of previous hospitalizations (OR 1.22 (95%CI:1.16–1.28) for each admission), and discharge to a skilled nursing facility (SNF)(OR 1.56 (95%CI:1.01–2.43) were significantly associated with 30-day re-admissions. Care by the non-teaching service was associated with a lower risk of 30-day readmission, even after adjusting for clinical factors and matching based on propensity score (OR 0.65(95%CI:0.46–0.91) and 0.71(95%CI:0.66–0.77) respectively). Conclusions Patients with ESRD on hemodialysis discharged from a hospitalist-run, non-teaching medicine service had lower odds of readmission as compared to those patients discharged from a standard teaching service.
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- Ladan Golestaneh
- Department of Medicine/ Renal Division, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 3411 Wayne Ave, Suite 5H, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA
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- Division of Hospitalist Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, USA
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- Department of Medicine/ Renal Division, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 3411 Wayne Ave, Suite 5H, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA
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Mathew AT, Rosen L, Pekmezaris R, Kozikowski A, Ross DW, McGinn T, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Fishbane S. Potentially Avoidable Readmissions in United States Hemodialysis Patients. Kidney Int Rep 2017; 3:343-355. [PMID: 29725638 PMCID: PMC5932139 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2017.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 10/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Introduction Patients with end-stage kidney disease have a high risk of 30-day readmission to hospital. These readmissions are financially costly to health care systems and are associated with poor health-related quality of life. The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the frequency, causes, and predictors of 30-day potentially avoidable readmission to hospital in patients on hemodialysis. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the US Renal Data System data from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2008. A total of 107,940 prevalent United States hemodialysis patients with 248,680 index hospital discharges were assessed for the main outcome of 30-day potentially avoidable readmission, as identified by a computerized algorithm. Results Of 83,209 30-day readmissions, 59,045 (70.1%) resulted in a 30-day potentially avoidable readmission. The geographic distribution of 30-day potentially avoidable readmission in the United States varied by state. Characteristics associated with 30-day potentially avoidable readmission included the following: younger age, shorter time on hemodialysis, at least 3 or more hospitalizations in preceding 12 months, black race, unemployed status, treatment at a for-profit facility, longer length of index hospital stay, and index hospitalizations that involved a surgical procedure. The 5-, 15-, and 30-day potentially avoidable readmission cumulative incidences were 6.0%, 15.1%, and 25.8%, respectively. Conclusion Patients with end-stage kidney disease on maintenance hemodialysis are at high risk for 30-day readmission to hospital, with nearly three-quarters (70.1%) of all 30-day readmissions being potentially avoidable. Research is warranted to develop cost-effective and transferrable interventions that improve care transitions from hospital to outpatient hemodialysis facility and reduce readmission risk for this vulnerable population.
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- Anna T Mathew
- McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences Center, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York, USA
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- Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Northwell Health, Great Neck, New York, USA
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- Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Northwell Health, Great Neck, New York, USA
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- Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Northwell Health, Great Neck, New York, USA
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- Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Northwell Health, Great Neck, New York, USA
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- Harold Simmons Center for Kidney Disease Research and Epidemiology, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Orange, California, USA.,Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, California, USA
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- Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Northwell Health, Great Neck, New York, USA
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Chan L, Chauhan K, Poojary P, Saha A, Hammer E, Vassalotti JA, Jubelt L, Ferket B, Coca SG, Nadkarni GN. National Estimates of 30-Day Unplanned Readmissions of Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 12:1652-1662. [PMID: 28971982 PMCID: PMC5628712 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.02600317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Patients on hemodialysis have high 30-day unplanned readmission rates. Using a national all-payer administrative database, we describe the epidemiology of 30-day unplanned readmissions in patients on hemodialysis, determine concordance of reasons for initial admission and readmission, and identify predictors for readmission. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS This is a retrospective cohort study using the Nationwide Readmission Database from the year 2013 to identify index admissions and readmission in patients with ESRD on hemodialysis. The Clinical Classification Software was used to categorize admission diagnosis into mutually exclusive clinically meaningful categories and determine concordance of reasons for admission on index hospitalizations and readmissions. Survey logistic regression was used to identify predictors of at least one readmission. RESULTS During 2013, there were 87,302 (22%) index admissions with at least one 30-day unplanned readmission. Although patient and hospital characteristics were statistically different between those with and without readmissions, there were small absolute differences. The highest readmission rate was for acute myocardial infarction (25%), whereas the lowest readmission rate was for hypertension (20%). The primary reasons for initial hospitalization and subsequent 30-day readmission were discordant in 80% of admissions. Comorbidities that were associated with readmissions included depression (odds ratio, 1.10; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.05 to 1.15; P<0.001), drug abuse (odds ratio, 1.41; 95% CI, 1.31 to 1.51; P<0.001), and discharge against medical advice (odds ratio, 1.57; 95% CI, 1.45 to 1.70; P<0.001). A group of high utilizers, which constituted 2% of the population, was responsible for 20% of all readmissions. CONCLUSIONS In patients with ESRD on hemodialysis, nearly one quarter of admissions were followed by a 30-day unplanned readmission. Most readmissions were for primary diagnoses that were different from initial hospitalization. A small proportion of patients accounted for a disproportionate number of readmissions.
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- Lili Chan
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, New York University Lutheran Hospital, New York, New York; and
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine
- National Kidney Foundation, Inc., New York, New York
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Institute for Healthcare Delivery Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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Assimon MM, Flythe JE. Thirty-Day Hospital Readmissions in the Hemodialysis Population: A Problem Well Put, But Half-Solved. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 12:1566-1568. [PMID: 28971979 PMCID: PMC5628723 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.08810817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Magdalene M. Assimon
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina Kidney Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina Kidney Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Chia BY, Cheen MHH, Gwee XY, Chow MMY, Khee GY, Ong WC, Choong HL, Lim PS. Outcomes of pharmacist-provided medication review in collaborative care for adult Singaporeans receiving hemodialysis. Int J Clin Pharm 2017; 39:1031-1038. [DOI: 10.1007/s11096-017-0528-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Johansen KL, Dalrymple LS, Delgado C, Chertow GM, Segal MR, Chiang J, Grimes B, Kaysen GA. Factors Associated with Frailty and Its Trajectory among Patients on Hemodialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 12:1100-1108. [PMID: 28576906 PMCID: PMC5498360 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.12131116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Frailty is common among patients on hemodialysis and associated with adverse outcomes. However, little is known about changes in frailty over time and the factors associated with those changes. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS To address these questions, we examined 762 participants in the A Cohort to Investigate the Value of Exercise/Analyses Designed to Investigate the Paradox of Obesity and Survival in ESRD cohort study, among whom frailty was assessed at baseline and 12 and 24 months. We used ordinal generalized estimating equations analyses and modeled frailty (on a scale from zero to five possible components) and death during follow-up. RESULTS The mean frailty score at baseline was 1.9, and the distribution of frailty scores was similar at each evaluation. However, most participants' scores changed, with patients improving almost as often as worsening (overall change, 0.2 points per year; 95% confidence interval, 0.1 to 0.3). Hispanic ethnicity (0.6 points per year; 95% confidence interval, 0.0 to 1.1) and diabetes (0.7 points per year; 95% confidence interval, 0.3 to 1.0) were associated with higher frailty scores and higher serum albumin concentration with lower frailty scores (-1.1 points per g/dl; 95% confidence interval, -1.5 to -0.7). In addition, patients whose serum albumin increased over time were less likely to become frail, with each 1-g/dl increase in albumin associated with a 0.4-point reduction in frailty score (95% confidence interval, -0.80 to -0.05). To examine the underpinnings of the association between serum albumin and frailty, we included serum IL-6, normalized protein catabolic rate, and patient self-report of hospitalization within the last year in a second model. Higher IL-6 and hospitalization were statistically significantly associated with worse frailty at any point and worsening frailty over time, whereas normalized protein catabolic rate was not independently associated with frailty. CONCLUSIONS There was substantial year to year variability in frailty scores, with approximately equal numbers of patients improving and worsening. Markers of inflammation and hospitalization were independently associated with worsening frailty. Studies should examine whether interventions to address inflammation or posthospitalization rehabilitation can improve the trajectory of frailty.
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- Kirsten L. Johansen
- Divisions of Nephrology and
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California
- Nephrology and Endocrinology Sections, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
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- Divisions of Nephrology and
- Nephrology and Endocrinology Sections, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
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- Division of Nephrology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; and
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Endocrinology and
- Nephrology and Endocrinology Sections, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Division of Nephrology and
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, California
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Larkin JW, Reviriego-Mendoza MM, Usvyat LA, Kotanko P, Maddux FW. To cool, or too cool: Is reducing dialysate temperature the optimal approach to preventing intradialytic hypotension? Semin Dial 2017; 30:501-508. [DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Fresenius Medical Care North America; Waltham MA USA
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- Renal Research Institute; New York NY USA
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; New York NY USA
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Wingard RL, McDougall K, Axley B, Howard A, O''Keefe C, Armistead N, Lynch JR, Rosen S, Usvyat L, Maddux FW. Right TraC™ Post-Hospitalization Care Transitions Program to Reduce Readmissions for Hemodialysis Patients. Am J Nephrol 2017; 45:532-539. [PMID: 28531888 DOI: 10.1159/000477325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hemodialysis (HD) patients have high hospitalization rates. This nonrandomized trial tested the effect of a bundle of renal-specific "Right TraC™" strategies on 30-day all-cause readmission rates and, secondarily, 90-day readmissions and overall admissions among HD patients. METHODS Twenty-six Fresenius clinics in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky participated in the interventions. Eighteen matched clinics served as controls; intervention clinics also served as their own controls. We deployed the intervention in 3 incremental phases focused on patient information exchange, post-hospital follow-up, and telephonic case management. Thirty-day hospital readmissions per patient year (ppy) were calculated by dividing the total number of readmissions within 30 days of index admission by the total number of patient-years in baseline (2012) and remeasurement (2014) periods. We also compared readmission rates from 2010 to 2015. We used repeated measures Poisson regression to compare outcomes between groups and time periods. RESULTS From 2012 to 2014, 30-day all-cause readmissions ppy declined for Right TraC clinics (from 0.88 to 0.66 [p < 0.001]; for controls, from 0.73 to 0.61 [p = 0.16]). Difference in change between groups was nonsignificant (p = 0.26). Overall admissions ppy declined: for Right TraC clinics from 2.51 to 1.97 (p < 0.001); for controls from 2.14 to1.92 (p = 0.21); difference in change between groups was significant (p = 0.01). For 2010, 2011, and 2012, Right TraC clinic 30-day readmissions ppy were unchanged: 0.89, 1.00, 0.88 (p = 0.61 and p = 0.49); they declined to 0.66 (p < 0.001) in 2014 (intervention year); rose to 0.70 (p = 0.06) in 2015 (interventions discontinued). CONCLUSION We conclude that Right TraC interventions may have been helpful in reducing hospital readmission rates.
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Plantinga LC, King L, Patzer RE, Lea JP, Burkart JM, Hockenberry JM, Jaar BG. Early hospital readmission among hemodialysis patients in the United States is associated with subsequent mortality. Kidney Int 2017; 92:934-941. [PMID: 28532710 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2017.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Revised: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Dialysis providers in the United States may soon be held accountable for their patients' 30-day hospital readmissions. However, few studies have evaluated the timing of readmissions, which determines the window in which dialysis providers could act to prevent readmission. We therefore examined the timing of readmissions of hemodialysis patients in the United States and its association with mortality among 285,795 prevalent adult Medicare-primary hemodialysis patients from a national registry. Patients had at least one hospitalization in 2010-2013 (first index) and survived for 30 days or more. Readmission timing was defined as 0-7, 8-14, or 15-30 days after the index discharge. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the association between readmission timing (referent no readmission) and mortality, censored at one year. Overall, 23.1% of patients had readmissions within 30 days of the index discharge, of which over one-third (35.9%) were within the first week. Regardless of timing, patients with readmissions had a higher risk of death within one year, compared to those with no readmissions, with hazard ratios of 2.04 (95% confidence interval 2.00-2.09) for being readmitted within 15-30 days; 1.98 (1.93-2.04) for being readmitted within 8-14 days; and 1.76 (1.71-1.80) for being readmitted within 0-7 days. Thus, opportunities for dialysis providers to intervene and prevent early readmission may be limited. Regardless of the timing, readmission appears independently associated with a substantially increased risk of mortality in this population.
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- Laura C Plantinga
- Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Medicine Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Nephrology Center of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Flythe JE, Hilbert J, Kshirsagar A, Gilet CA. Psychosocial Factors and 30-Day Hospital Readmission among Individuals Receiving Maintenance Dialysis: A Prospective Study. Am J Nephrol 2017; 45:400-408. [PMID: 28407633 PMCID: PMC5483850 DOI: 10.1159/000470917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Thirty-day hospital readmissions are common among maintenance dialysis patients. Prior studies have evaluated easily measurable readmission risk factors such as comorbid conditions, laboratory results, and hospital discharge day. We undertook this prospective study to investigate the associations between hospital-assessed depression, health literacy, social support, and self-rated health (separately) and 30-day hospital readmission among dialysis patients. METHODS Participants were recruited from the University of North Carolina Hospitals, 2014-2016. Validated depression, health literacy, social support, and self-rated health screening instruments were administered during index hospitalizations. Multivariable logistic regression models with 30-day readmission as the dependent outcome were used to examine readmission risk factors. RESULTS Of the 154 participants, 58 (37.7%) had a 30-day hospital readmission. In unadjusted analyses, individuals with positive screening for depression, lower health literacy, and poorer social support were more likely to have a 30-day readmission (vs. negative screening). Positive depression screening and poorer social support remained significantly associated with 30-day readmission in models adjusted for race, heart failure, admitting service, weekend discharge day, and serum albumin: adjusted OR (95% CI) 2.33 (1.02-5.15) for positive depressive symptoms and 2.57 (1.10-5.91) for poorer social support. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of the multivariable model adjusted for social support status was significantly greater than the AUC of the multivariable model without social support status (test for equality; p value = 0.04). CONCLUSION Poor social support and depressive symptoms identified during hospitalizations may represent targetable readmission risk factors among dialysis patients. Our findings suggest that hospital-based assessments of select psychosocial factors may improve readmission risk prediction.
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- Jennifer E. Flythe
- University of North Carolina Kidney Center, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
- The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of North Carolina Kidney Center, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of North Carolina Kidney Center, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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Perl J, McArthur E, Bell C, Garg AX, Bargman JM, Chan CT, Harel S, Li L, Jain AK, Nash DM, Harel Z. Dialysis Modality and Readmission Following Hospital Discharge: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Am J Kidney Dis 2017; 70:11-20. [PMID: 28069285 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Readmissions following hospital discharge among maintenance dialysis patients are common, potentially modifiable, and costly. Compared with patients receiving in-center hemodialysis (HD), patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) have fewer routine dialysis clinic encounters and as a result may be more susceptible to a hospital readmission following discharge. STUDY DESIGN Population-based retrospective-cohort observational study. SETTINGS & PARTICIPANTS Patients treated with maintenance dialysis who were discharged following an acute-care hospitalization during January 1, 2003, to December 31, 2013, across 164 acute-care hospitals in Ontario, Canada. For those with multiple hospitalizations, we randomly selected a single hospitalization as the index hospitalization. PREDICTOR Dialysis modality PD or in-center HD. Propensity scores were used to match each patient on PD therapy to 2 patients on in-center HD therapy to ensure that baseline indicators of health were similar between the 2 groups. OUTCOME All-cause 30-day readmission following the index hospital discharge. RESULTS 28,026 dialysis patients were included in the study. 4,013 PD patients were matched to 8,026 in-center HD patients. Among the matched cohort, 30-day readmission rates were 7.1 (95% CI, 6.6-7.6) per 1,000 person-days for patients on PD therapy and 6.0 (95% CI, 5.7-6.3) per 1,000 person-days for patients on in-center HD therapy. The risk for a 30-day readmission among patients on PD therapy was higher compared with those on in-center HD therapy (adjusted HR, 1.19; 95% CI, 1.08-1.31). The primary results were consistent across several key prespecified subgroups. LIMITATIONS Lack of information for the frequency of nephrology physician encounters following discharge from the hospital in both the PD and in-center HD cohorts. Limited validation of International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes. CONCLUSIONS The risk for 30-day readmission is higher for patients on home-based PD compared to in-center HD therapy. Interventions to improve transitions in care between the inpatient and outpatient settings are needed, particularly for patients on PD therapy.
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- Jeffrey Perl
- Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Nephrology, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Nephrology, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Mamode N, Calder F. Improving outcomes in dialysis fistulae. Lancet 2016; 388:1029-1030. [PMID: 27492882 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31230-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Nizam Mamode
- Department of Transplantation, Nephrology, and Urology, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
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- Department of Transplantation, Nephrology, and Urology, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
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