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Referring patients with stable moderate-to-advanced chronic kidney disease back to primary care: a feasibility study

BACKGROUND: Care for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) necessitates tailored pathways between primary and secondary care. It is unknown if back referring patients with CKD is safe and effective. AIM: To study the feasibility of discharging patients with stable moderate-to-advanced CKD from...

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Autores principales: van Dipten, Carola, de Grauw, Wim, ten Dam, Marc, Assendelft, Willem, Scherpbier-de Haan, Nynke, Wetzels, Jack
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of General Practitioners 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9447312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35135814
http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0177
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de Grauw, Wim
ten Dam, Marc
Assendelft, Willem
Scherpbier-de Haan, Nynke
Wetzels, Jack
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de Grauw, Wim
ten Dam, Marc
Assendelft, Willem
Scherpbier-de Haan, Nynke
Wetzels, Jack
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description BACKGROUND: Care for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) necessitates tailored pathways between primary and secondary care. It is unknown if back referring patients with CKD is safe and effective. AIM: To study the feasibility of discharging patients with stable moderate-to-advanced CKD from secondary to primary care, and to evaluate quality of care (QoC) and patients’ and GPs‘ experiences. DESIGN & SETTING: A monocentre prospective mixed-method study in the Netherlands. METHOD: Patients were included who met pre-determined back-referral (BR) criteria. Patients were discharged with personalised information guides and transfer letters. GPs had the option of consulting a nephrologist by telenephrology. Renal outcomes, QoC, and experiences were collected after 1 year. RESULTS: Eighteen patients were included. The mean age was 73 years; the mean estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was 33.2 ml/min/1.73 m(2) at baseline. After 1 year, four patients had received either no or incomplete monitoring, and one patients’ blood pressure was too high. The remaining 13 had stable eGFR, proteinuria, and metabolic parameters. Patients were satisfied with information provision and treatment by GPs but expected more frequent monitoring. In one-third of cases, monitoring frequency was decreased by GPs for several reasons. GPs believed they had sufficient knowledge to treat patients with CKD, but indicated they needed support besides a transfer letter. CONCLUSION: BR seems safe and feasible for patients with stable moderate-to-advanced CKD who meet specific criteria. Patients have good renal outcomes after 1 year and are satisfied with treatment. GP QoC can be improved, particularly completeness and monitoring frequency.
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spelling pubmed-94473122022-09-19 Referring patients with stable moderate-to-advanced chronic kidney disease back to primary care: a feasibility study van Dipten, Carola de Grauw, Wim ten Dam, Marc Assendelft, Willem Scherpbier-de Haan, Nynke Wetzels, Jack BJGP Open Research BACKGROUND: Care for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) necessitates tailored pathways between primary and secondary care. It is unknown if back referring patients with CKD is safe and effective. AIM: To study the feasibility of discharging patients with stable moderate-to-advanced CKD from secondary to primary care, and to evaluate quality of care (QoC) and patients’ and GPs‘ experiences. DESIGN & SETTING: A monocentre prospective mixed-method study in the Netherlands. METHOD: Patients were included who met pre-determined back-referral (BR) criteria. Patients were discharged with personalised information guides and transfer letters. GPs had the option of consulting a nephrologist by telenephrology. Renal outcomes, QoC, and experiences were collected after 1 year. RESULTS: Eighteen patients were included. The mean age was 73 years; the mean estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was 33.2 ml/min/1.73 m(2) at baseline. After 1 year, four patients had received either no or incomplete monitoring, and one patients’ blood pressure was too high. The remaining 13 had stable eGFR, proteinuria, and metabolic parameters. Patients were satisfied with information provision and treatment by GPs but expected more frequent monitoring. In one-third of cases, monitoring frequency was decreased by GPs for several reasons. GPs believed they had sufficient knowledge to treat patients with CKD, but indicated they needed support besides a transfer letter. CONCLUSION: BR seems safe and feasible for patients with stable moderate-to-advanced CKD who meet specific criteria. Patients have good renal outcomes after 1 year and are satisfied with treatment. GP QoC can be improved, particularly completeness and monitoring frequency. Royal College of General Practitioners 2022-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9447312/ /pubmed/35135814 http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0177 Text en Copyright © 2022, The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is Open Access: CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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van Dipten, Carola
de Grauw, Wim
ten Dam, Marc
Assendelft, Willem
Scherpbier-de Haan, Nynke
Wetzels, Jack
Referring patients with stable moderate-to-advanced chronic kidney disease back to primary care: a feasibility study
title Referring patients with stable moderate-to-advanced chronic kidney disease back to primary care: a feasibility study
title_full Referring patients with stable moderate-to-advanced chronic kidney disease back to primary care: a feasibility study
title_fullStr Referring patients with stable moderate-to-advanced chronic kidney disease back to primary care: a feasibility study
title_full_unstemmed Referring patients with stable moderate-to-advanced chronic kidney disease back to primary care: a feasibility study
title_short Referring patients with stable moderate-to-advanced chronic kidney disease back to primary care: a feasibility study
title_sort referring patients with stable moderate-to-advanced chronic kidney disease back to primary care: a feasibility study
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9447312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35135814
http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0177
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