In the case of dialysis dependent acute kidney injury patients this is a question which Dr Dinna Cruz and colleagues (University of California San Diego) are asking and seeking opinions from both nephrologists and non-nephrologist doctors and nurses involved in care of dialysis patients. It was a question which arose out of discussions at this year’s Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies conference (CRRT 2014). Personally, I think it is a brilliant starting point for research to go out and seek the opinion of those “at the coal face” actually treating patients. If that includes you, please take a moment to complete the survey. If it includes someone you know, please pass this request to participate on. Here is Dr Cruz’s request:
Currently there is much interest regarding the recovery aspect of AKI. A specific area of interest is how to enhance recovery in patients who remain dialysis-dependent at the time of discharge. It is hypothesized that patients with potential for renal recovery may require a different care plan than the “usual” ESRD patient.
Therefore we are asking your opinion regarding the post-discharge care of such patients, using this short survey. It will take only a few minutes of your time, and represents a starting point for developing potential strategies for these patients. We think it is very important to have the input of specialists from different healthcare settings and countries to give a more balanced view.
Kindly complete the survey appropriate for your specialty, then please share both these links with other colleagues so we get more responses from around the world
For nephrologists:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/postdischAKIcare_neph
For non-nephrologists, including acute and chronic dialysis nurses:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/postdischAKIcare
Thank you very much for your help!
Source: Anna Frodesiak-Wikimedia Commons
Tagged: Acute Kidney Injury, Acute Renal Failure, chronic kidney injury, Dialysis, nephrologists, Nephrology, nurses, Research, survey, UC San Diego 
