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Rehabilitation interventions to modify physical frailty in adults before lung transplantation: a systematic review protocol (2024)
Journal Article
McGarrigle, L., Norman, G., Hurst, H., & Todd, C. (2024). Rehabilitation interventions to modify physical frailty in adults before lung transplantation: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(4), e078561. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078561

Introduction Lung transplantation is the gold-standard treatment for end-stage lung disease for a small group of patients meeting strict acceptance criteria after optimal medical management has failed. Physical frailty is prevalent in lung transplant... Read More about Rehabilitation interventions to modify physical frailty in adults before lung transplantation: a systematic review protocol.

The Role of Nephrology Nurses in Symptom Management: Reflections on the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Symptom-Based Complications in Dialysis Care (2023)
Journal Article
Nam Ng, M. S., Brown, E. A., Cheung, M., Figueiredo, A. E., Hurst, H., King, J. M., …Bennett, P. N. (2023). The Role of Nephrology Nurses in Symptom Management: Reflections on the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Symptom-Based Complications in Dialysis Care. Kidney International Reports, 8(10), 1903-1906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2023.08.025

People with kidney failure undergoing dialysis frequently report distressful symptoms, such as fatigue, pain, and pruritus. These symptoms have negative impacts on quality of life and other clinical outcomes, including health care utilization and mor... Read More about The Role of Nephrology Nurses in Symptom Management: Reflections on the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Symptom-Based Complications in Dialysis Care.

Delivering Personalized, Goal-Directed Care to Older Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis (2023)
Journal Article
Wu, H. H. L., Poulikakos, D., Hurst, H., Lewis, D., & Chinnadurai, R. (2023). Delivering Personalized, Goal-Directed Care to Older Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis. Kidney Diseases, 9(5), 358-370. https://doi.org/10.1159/000531367

Background: An aging population living with chronic kidney disease and progressing to kidney failure, subsequently receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) is growing. A significant proportion of these patients are also living with multi-morbidities and so... Read More about Delivering Personalized, Goal-Directed Care to Older Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis.

ISPD Catheter-related Infection Recommendations: 2023 Update (2023)
Journal Article
Chow, K. M., Li, P. K., Cho, Y., Abu-Alfa, A., Bavanandan, S., Brown, E. A., …Johnson, D. W. (2023). ISPD Catheter-related Infection Recommendations: 2023 Update. Peritoneal dialysis international, 089686082311727. https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608231172740

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter-related infections are important risk factors for catheter loss and peritonitis. The 2023 updated recommendations have revised and clarified definitions and classifications of exit site infection and tunnel infection... Read More about ISPD Catheter-related Infection Recommendations: 2023 Update.

The importance of falls assessments and prevention in chronic kidney disease (2023)
Journal Article
Hurst, H., Ramsey, S., & Young, H. M. (2023). The importance of falls assessments and prevention in chronic kidney disease. Journal of Kidney Care, 8(3), 121-127. https://doi.org/10.12968/jokc.2023.8.3.121

Falls among older people with chronic kidney disease are of concern. Professor Helen Hurst and colleagues explore assessments of falls and propose the need to consider potentially helpful interventions

Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: a multi-professional scoping review (2022)
Journal Article
Hurst, H., Young, H., Nixon, A., Brettle, A., & Ormandy, P. (2022). Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: a multi-professional scoping review. Age and ageing, 51(12), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac296

Background The growing older population with advanced chronic kidney disease (ACKD stages 4-5) poses a challenge for healthcare worldwide. The high prevalence of frailty and associated adverse health outcomes highlights concerns for management and... Read More about Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: a multi-professional scoping review.

PD effluent specimen collection: your questions answered (2022)
Journal Article
Figueiredo, A., Bowes, E., Chow, J., Hurst, H., Neumann, J., Walker, R., & Brunier, G. (2022). PD effluent specimen collection: your questions answered. Peritoneal dialysis international, https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608221136389

When a patient on peritoneal dialysis (PD) presents with suspected PD-related peritonitis (e.g. cloudy PD fluid and abdominal pain), one of the most important initial aspects of management is for the nephrology nurse/home dialysis nurse to collect PD... Read More about PD effluent specimen collection: your questions answered.

Establishing a core outcome measure for life participation in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: a standardised outcomes in Nephrology–Peritoneal dialysis consensus workshop report (2022)
Journal Article
Cheetham, M., Wilkie, M., Loud, F., Manera, K., Ju, A., Figueiredo, A., …Tong, A. (2022). Establishing a core outcome measure for life participation in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: a standardised outcomes in Nephrology–Peritoneal dialysis consensus workshop report. Peritoneal dialysis international, 42(6), 562-570. https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608221096560

Background: Life participation is an outcome of critical importance to patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD). However, there is no widely accepted or validated tool for measuring life participation in patients receiving PD. Methods: Online c... Read More about Establishing a core outcome measure for life participation in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: a standardised outcomes in Nephrology–Peritoneal dialysis consensus workshop report.

Establishing a core outcome measure for life participation in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: a standardised outcomes in nephrology–peritoneal dialysis consensus workshop report (2022)
Journal Article
Cheetham, M., Wilkie, M., Loud, F., Manera, K., Ju, A., Figueiredo, A., …Tong, A. (2022). Establishing a core outcome measure for life participation in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: a standardised outcomes in nephrology–peritoneal dialysis consensus workshop report. Peritoneal dialysis international, 42(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/08968608221096560

Background: Life participation is an outcome of critical importance to patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD). However, there is no widely accepted or validated tool for measuring life participation in patients receiving PD. Methods: Online c... Read More about Establishing a core outcome measure for life participation in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: a standardised outcomes in nephrology–peritoneal dialysis consensus workshop report.

Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease : a multiprofessional scoping review protocol (2021)
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Hurst, H., Jones, E., Ormandy, P., Brettle, A., Nixon, A., Young, H., …Finnigan, R. (2021). Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease : a multiprofessional scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 11(3), e040715. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040715

Reported outcomes for older people with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) often focus on survival and mortality and little attention is paid to symptom burden and health-related quality of life. Recognising frailty and providing interventions tha... Read More about Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease : a multiprofessional scoping review protocol.

International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis (2020)
Journal Article
Brown, E., Blake, P., Boudville, N., Davies, S., de Arteaga, J., Dong, J., …Warady, B. (2020). International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal dialysis international, 40(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819895364

The International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis last published a guideline on prescribing peritoneal dialysis (PD) in 2006. This focused on clearance of toxins and used a measure of waste product removal by dialysis using urea as an example. This g... Read More about International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis.

Prescribing high-quality peritoneal dialysis: moving beyond urea clearance (2020)
Journal Article
Glavinovic, T., Hurst, H., Hutchison, A., Johansson, L., Ruddock, N., & Perl, J. (2020). Prescribing high-quality peritoneal dialysis: moving beyond urea clearance. Peritoneal dialysis international, 40(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819893571

Urea removal in peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been a primary measure of dialysis adequacy, but its utility remains limited due to its poor correlation with the clearance of other important uraemic retention solutes and the low certainty of evidence re... Read More about Prescribing high-quality peritoneal dialysis: moving beyond urea clearance.

Delivering peritoneal dialysis for the multimorbid, frail and palliative patient (2020)
Journal Article
Brown, E., & Hurst, H. (2020). Delivering peritoneal dialysis for the multimorbid, frail and palliative patient. Peritoneal dialysis international, 40(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819893558

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is only one component of care for older multimorbid, frail and/or palliative patients. Goals of care should be determined for all patients by shared decision-making at the start of during time on PD. Burden of PD should be mi... Read More about Delivering peritoneal dialysis for the multimorbid, frail and palliative patient.

A realist evaluation of the implementation of open visiting in an acute care setting for older people (2019)
Journal Article
Hurst, H. (2019). A realist evaluation of the implementation of open visiting in an acute care setting for older people. BMC Health Services Research, 19, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4653-5

Background Open visiting refers to the principle of unrestricted visiting hours in the hospital setting to enable relatives, families and carers to visit at any time. There has been recognition that open visiting supports the principle of patient an... Read More about A realist evaluation of the implementation of open visiting in an acute care setting for older people.