The Interdisciplinary Team and the Patient: Working Together to Achieve Buy-In for a UF Rate Less Than 13 mL/Kg/Hr.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) metric for reporting ultrafiltration (UF) recommends limiting UF at a range of 10 to 13 mL/Kg/Hr to avoid organ stunning. All organ stunning has an impact on patient quality of life (QoL). As this new standard of UF is implemented, the interdisciplinary team (IDT) and the patient must work together toward achieving a less than 13 mL/Kg/Hr UF buy-in.

Using Post-Discharge Telephone Follow-Up by Nephrology Nurses to Reduce 30-Day Readmissions and Post-Discharge Complications for Adult Patients on Hemodialysis.

Hospital readmissions are responsible for considerable health care costs. About 35% of patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) who are hospitalized are readmitted within 30 days of discharge (United States Renal Data System, 2017). Studies point to the considerable percentage of readmissions that are preventable through effective discharge planning and patient follow-up after discharge (Mistiaen & Poot, 2006).