Paediatric home care in the 1990s.

Paediatric home care in the 1990s.

Paediatric home care in the UK.

Paediatric home care services in the UK were ascertained in 1991 and 1992. Respondents from 209 (97%) UK health districts and boards identified 62 general and 124 specialist paediatric home care services by January 1993, 15% having opened in the previous year. Of all UK children, 30% lived in a district with a general home care service. Five health regions had only specialist services. District...

Home haemodialysis in the 1990s.

haemodialysis in many countries [7]. This reduction in Rise and fall of home haemodialysis home haemodialysis has been attributed to the increased age and co-morbidity of patients now comHome haemodialysis has been utilized successfully in mencing long-term dialysis, but the number of low risk the treatment of end-stage renal failure (ESRF ) since patients beginning dialysis, who would have bee...

Home telemedicine for paediatric palliative care.

Children with life limiting conditions require intensive, complex management of the physical, psychosocial and spiritual issues that evolve for the child and their family as the focus of care moves from curative treatment to palliation. Optimal palliative care for children can be limited by the lack of health professionals with the necessary skills and experience to confidently and competently ...

Twenty years of a multidisciplinary paediatric diabetes home care unit.

As only a minority of patients with type 1 diabetes are unwell at diagnosis, these patients could be managed at home if appropriate facilities were available. A multidisciplinary diabetes home care service was established over 20 years ago at Birmingham Children's Hospital, to support children with diabetes mellitus within the home environment from diagnosis, reducing emotional upset and separa...