A Descriptive Analysis of an Ambulatory Kidney Palliative Care Program.

ABSTRACT: Background: Many patients with serious kidney disease have an elevated symptom burden, high mortality, and poor quality of life. Palliative care has the potential to address these problems, yet nephrology patients frequently lack access to this specialty. Objectives: We describe patient demographics and clinical activities of the first 13 months of an ambulatory kidney palliative care (KPC) program that is integrated within a nephrology practice. Design/Measurements: Utilizing chart abstractions, we characterize the clinic population served, clinical service utilization, visit activities, and symptom burden as assessed using the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale-Renal (IPOS-R), and patient satisfaction. Results: Among the 55 pa

SUBMITTER: Scherer JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6987731 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature