RT Book, Section
A1 Christiano, Cynthia
A1 Parker, J. Clint
A2 Knicely, Daphne H.
A2 Abdel-Rahman, Emaad M.
A2 Greenberg, Keiko I.
SR Print(0)
ID 1178969632
T1 Laboratory Parameters and Monitoring for Home Hemodialysis
T2 Handbook of Home Hemodialysis
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260458633
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1178969632
RD 2024/10/04
AB The  goal  of  every  home  hemodialysis  (HHD)  program  should  be  to  provide  safe,  quality  care;  this  cannot  be  accomplished  without  routine  monitoring.  Monitoring  involves  the  systematic  observation  of  particular  parameters  in  order  to  discover  disease,  adverse  outcomes,  or  risk  factors  or  to  assess  interventions  aimed  at  treatment,  prevention,  or  reduction  of  risk.  In  this  chapter,  we  will  begin  by  discussing  three  basic  questions  involved  in  monitoring.  We  will  then  focus  on  population  monitoring  in  an  HHD  unit  as  exemplified  through  the  quality  assurance  and  improvement  (QAI)  process,  and  lastly,  we  will  discuss  examples  of  individual  patient  monitoring  utilizing  recommendations  from  national  guidelines.