title: Our experience of home visits in city and rural areas.
abstract: In a peritoneal dialysis (PD) program, an efficient and well-structured home visit schedule is imperative for ensuring patient compliance, adherence to proper exchange technique, nutrition status monitoring and intervention, and early detection of evolving medical comorbid problems so as to prevent further complications. Regular home-visit follow-up of the PD patient directly affects technique survival and quality of life. The clinical coordinator is ideally placed to be the direct link between the PD center and patients in their domiciliary surroundings. This professional plays a crucial role in the success of a PD program.
authors.affiliation: PD Center, Department of Nephrology, Global Hospitals, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. drksnayak@gmail.com
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Sinoj
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Subhramanyam
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mary
authors.forename: N V V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population