23/04/2014
Hospital Kidney Deaths Might Be Avoidable
More than 1,000 people die each month from Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), a silent disease which can be unnoticed by medical staff but it can be avoidable with “good basic care”, according to a study of the NHS.
Researchers found that in the English hospitals AKI deaths were five times more prevalent than previously thought, with more than 30 deaths a day or between 15,000 and 40,000 a year.
Experts said that the medical staff need to make sure about patients hydration before having surgery because severe dehydration is one of the main causes of the condition, which involves a loss of kidney function and can cause the heart, lungs and brain to stop working in the correct way.
Professor Donal O'Donoghue, the report co-author and consultant renal physician at Sakford Royal NHS Foundation Trust said: "These deaths are avoidable. This is completely unacceptable and we can't allow it to continue. Good basic care would save these lives and save millions of pounds for the NHS. Doctors and nurses need to make elementary checks to prevent AKI.”
A spokesman for NHS England said: "We have taken steps to ensure the NHS puts in place coherent long-term plans to reduce avoidable deaths in our hospitals, and to improve the way data is used in decision making."
(CVS)
Researchers found that in the English hospitals AKI deaths were five times more prevalent than previously thought, with more than 30 deaths a day or between 15,000 and 40,000 a year.
Experts said that the medical staff need to make sure about patients hydration before having surgery because severe dehydration is one of the main causes of the condition, which involves a loss of kidney function and can cause the heart, lungs and brain to stop working in the correct way.
Professor Donal O'Donoghue, the report co-author and consultant renal physician at Sakford Royal NHS Foundation Trust said: "These deaths are avoidable. This is completely unacceptable and we can't allow it to continue. Good basic care would save these lives and save millions of pounds for the NHS. Doctors and nurses need to make elementary checks to prevent AKI.”
A spokesman for NHS England said: "We have taken steps to ensure the NHS puts in place coherent long-term plans to reduce avoidable deaths in our hospitals, and to improve the way data is used in decision making."
(CVS)
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