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Prof Helen Hurst's Outputs (27)

Rehabilitation Interventions to modify physical frailty in adult lung transplant candidates: a systematic review (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Purpose: Physical frailty is prevalent in lung transplant (LT) candidates and is linked to adverse outcomes both pre and postoperatively. Exercise has been proven beneficial in optimising exercise capacity and quality of life in LT candidates but its... Read More about Rehabilitation Interventions to modify physical frailty in adult lung transplant candidates: a systematic review.

Rehabilitation for Physical Frailty in Lung Transplant Candidates: A Systematic Review (2024)
Journal Article
McGarrigle, L., Norman, G., Hurst, H., Gillespie, L., & Todd, C. (2024). Rehabilitation for Physical Frailty in Lung Transplant Candidates: A Systematic Review. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, https://doi.org/10.1097/cpt.0000000000000265

Purpose: Physical frailty is prevalent in lung transplant (LTx) candidates and is linked to adverse outcomes preoperatively and postoperatively. Exercise is beneficial in optimizing exercise capacity and quality of life in candidates, but its impact... Read More about Rehabilitation for Physical Frailty in Lung Transplant Candidates: A Systematic Review.

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Workshop on the Nurse's Role in Managing the Symptoms of People Receiving Dialysis. (2024)
Journal Article

Adults with kidney failure receiving dialysis frequently report high symptom burden that can limit life participation and decrease the quality of life. Fatigue, itch, pain, anxiety, depressive symptoms, sleep problems, nausea, vomiting, muscle cramps... Read More about Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Workshop on the Nurse's Role in Managing the Symptoms of People Receiving Dialysis..

During sudden onset critical and major incidents affecting NHS hospitals, what decisions are made by hospital tactical commanders, and how are they made? A constructivist grounded theory approach (2024)
Thesis

Aim of the Research:
The research used a constructivist grounded theory approach to work with tactical commanders in hospitals to develop a substantive theory that helps to understand how these commanders sought to manage the immediate organisationa... Read More about During sudden onset critical and major incidents affecting NHS hospitals, what decisions are made by hospital tactical commanders, and how are they made? A constructivist grounded theory approach.

Development of a Resource for Health Professionals to Raise Advance Care Planning Topics During Kidney Care Consultations: A Multiple User-Centered Design. (2024)
Journal Article

Planning and delivering treatment pathways that integrate end-of-life care, frailty assessment, and enhanced supportive care is a service priority. Despite this, people with kidney failure are less likely to have an advance care plan and receive hosp... Read More about Development of a Resource for Health Professionals to Raise Advance Care Planning Topics During Kidney Care Consultations: A Multiple User-Centered Design..

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

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 candidates a... 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

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.

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.