Here is a round-up of the latest news from Think Kidneys and our partners interested in the prevention of avoidable acute kidney injury.
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Think Kidneys, the British Kidney Patient Association (BKPA) and the British Association for Paediatric Nephrology (BAPN) are pleased to introduce two new resources on our websites – patient information for young people and the carers of children on the risks of acute kidney injury (AKI) and how to keep kidneys safe. Developed by our working group of paediatric renal specialists the leaflets explain the risks of…
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A new resource for Secondary Care has today been added to the Think Kidneys website – Risk and Prevention Guidance. This quick guide provides a one-page snapshot of risk factors and risk events which can potentially lead to an instance of AKI, and describes the steps to take in such a situation. The actions form the easily remembered acronym STOP… Sepsis – if suspected screen and…
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Are you keeping your AKI light under a bushel? Have you got a case study we can highlight? Think Kidneys has a number of case studies on the website which detail changes and improvements teams have made to the delivery of care and services for managing AKI. The case studies describe how renal units and Trusts have responded in many different ways to improve their services,…
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Think Kidneys is pleased to share a new resource for primary care – a detailed slide set created for educational purposes. The tailored presentation has been created for primary care teams and uses information and knowledge from the Think Kidneys primary care guidance, bringing it all together in one place. The slides have been developed to facilitate use by trainers and learners with differing experiences and…
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For the last 18 months Think Kidneys has been working to develop practical resources to raise awareness and help with the prevention, detection and management of AKI in care homes and today we launch this work on the website. The work was done by a cross-professional group comprising health care assistants, nurses, dieticians, care home managers, commissioners, hydration specialists and academics. We know that around 65%…
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