A sustainable outpatient transformation project for metabolic stone assessment: A specialist stone nurse led non-face-to-face (F2F) clinic
Journal of Clinical Urology
; 15(1):82, 2022.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1869011
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Recent NHSEI policy and the COVID-19 pandemic are increasing the proportions of consultations occurring non-face-to-face (F2F). Here we describe a nurse-led non-F2F clinic for the metabolic assessment of kidney stone patients.Method:
A metabolic assessment may be indicated in patients forming urate stones, CaPO4 stones, or recurrent stones or with clinical features suggesting a metabolic cause. In otherwise uncomplicated clinical scenarios, these patients are reviewed in a non-F2F clinic run by an endo-urological specialist nurse. A stone history is taken by telephone. Blood tests are arranged in primary care. A collapsible 24-hour urine collection container is posted to the patient and returned via the primary care sample collection service. The cases are reviewed at the Metabolic Stone MDT by the nurse, nephrologist and urologist.Results:
A total of 145 patients were eligible with six DNAs, leaving 139 patients reviewed through the non-F2F clinic between March 2020 and June 2021. Demographics were 81 males 58 females, age range 17-83. About 126 of 139 (91%) patients completed the tests, which is a significantly higher rate than completion rates typically reported. Stone analysis was also available in 97 patients (28 CaOx;54 CaPO4;15 urate). Around 102 patients (81%) were discharged with dietary advice, while 24 patients (19%) were referred for consultant review. Two patients had primary hyperparathyroidism. Nineteen patients had hypercalciuria, all requiring consultant review.Conclusion:
Nurse-led non-F2F review streamlines the metabolic assessment of stone-formers, reducing the need for hospital attendances and reducing consultant workload.
adolescent; adult; aged; clinical feature; conference abstract; consultation; container; demographics; diet; female; human; hypercalciuria; major clinical study; male; nephrolithiasis; nephrologist; nurse; outpatient; primary hyperparathyroidism; primary medical care; stone analysis; telephone; uric acid stone; urine sampling; urologist; workload
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English
Journal:
Journal of Clinical Urology
Year:
2022
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