Epidemiology of nursing home dialysis patients-A hidden population.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dialysis patients are often discharged from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), but little has been published about their natural history.

Methods

Using electronic medical record data, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of nursing home patients treated with in-SNF hemodialysis from January 1, 2018 through June 20, 2020 within a dialysis organization across eight states. A dialytic episode began with the first in-SNF dialysis and was ended by hospitalization, death, transfer, or cessation of treatment. The clinical characteristics and natural history of these patients and their dialytic episodes are described.

Findings

Four thousand five hundred and ten patients experienced 9274 dialytic episodes. Dialytic episodes had a median duration

SUBMITTER: Bellin EY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8596662 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature