Burden of Emergency Medical Services Usage by Dialysis Patients.

CONCLUSION: Utilization of EMS services by dialysis patients is considerable, particularly for transfers. This highlights a potential area to be targeted for reducing resource utilization. Calls requiring transport to the ED occurred most often on Mondays and Tuesdays, the day after the long-dialysis break, and may represent a time of heightened risk for in-center hemodialysis patients. PMID: 29671664 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Prehospital Emergency Care - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Prehosp Emerg Care Source Type: research