30 Day Rehospitalization Risk in Hemodialysis Patients

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Re-hospitalization Hemodialysis

In brief

After a hospitalization, dialysis patients have a high risk of being admitted to the hospital again within 30 days. The purpose of this research study is to test a new way of reducing the chance of patients being hospitalized again. In this study investigator will evaluate a checklist driven evaluation upon return to the dialysis facility as a method to reduce the rate of rehospitalizations in hemodialysis patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02553564

Run by

Northwell Health

People needed

3

Starts

2017-11-22

Expected to finish

2018-03-15

Last updated by the study team

2018-04-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age or older
• Must have been an existing patients of the outpatient dialysis units for at least 1 month prior to the index hospitalization
• Index hospitalization must be from an acute care hospital

You may not qualify if…

• Hospital discharges against medical advice
• Assessment cannot be initiated within 96 hours of hospital discharge
• Primary hospital diagnosis related to cancer, renal transplant, mental health or rehabilitation
• Hospital admission was the 5th or more in the previous 12 months
• Failure to provide informed consent

Where it is running

• LIJ satellite dialysis unit — Queens Village, New York, United States

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