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“The perfect storm” is an event where a combination of circumstances will aggravate a situation drastically. In the UK we have an established and ever increasing population of people living with diabetes who, by definition, fall into a risk group for developing acute kidney injury (AKI). These people are aged 65 or older and have a pill box full of ACEI, statins and metformin, and are…
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Please see our latest case study from Stephen Trowbridge, Acute kidney Injury and Diabetes Nurse Specialist at Royal Bournemouth Hospital NHS Trust on setting up a new AKI service.
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The British Kidney Patient Association is joining forces with the UK Renal Registry and NHS England to support better measurement of people’s experience when they have kidney disease. Through the Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) survey patients are able to report their experience on topics such as communication and support from members of the renal team, decisions, privacy and dignity and the environment. This work is…
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My heart sank as I received a text message from a dear friend. “Grandpa is in hospital with sepsis. He was vomiting, high temperature with pus around his catheter.” The next day my friend informed me Grandpa was “on IV antibiotics and slowly coming round, but he’s not out of the woods yet.” This Grandpa was admitted to hospital from a nursing home, and this nursing home was…
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This case study from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust details a collaborative approach for sharing patient information to help in the management of CKD and AKI
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