Extended care for liver transplant discharged patients
BAO He-mei
LIU Zhen-wen
LI Hong-ling
CHU Jing-ru
SHAO Li-fang
WANG Lin
Abstract:Objective To summarize the experience in offering extended care for liver transplant discharged patients . Methods A total of 435 liver transplant discharged patients enrolled in the follow-up system of our hospital were given extended care services. How the extended care services were provided and what the extended care services consisted of were introduced. Results All the patients could take medicine correctly at discharge, and 92% of the patients developed a good self-care ability. Further consultation rate was 99.5% and patient satisfaction rate was 99.8%. The total survival rate was 74.4%, and the liver trans-plant rejection rate was 8.0%. Conclusions Offering extended care for liver transplant discharged patients meets their health-care needs, improves their quality of life, and increases their satisfaction with hospital's medical services and nursing care.
Keywords:liver transplantationnursing carepatient satisfactionpatient compliance
Publication Date:2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:3( 109-111 )
