24 Hour Emergency
Advanced Nephrology & Hypertension is able to offer 24 hour emergency services for Kidney Health Issues. Almost half a million Americans depend on chronic dialysis therapy to survive. More than 90% of these individuals receive thrice-weekly hemodialysis treatments in an outpatient dialysis clinic. They are often sick and require frequent emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions, leading to the bulk of their medical care expenditures.
Medicare and Medicaid cover virtually all costs related to ED care and hospitalization of these patients. Not infrequently, dialysis patients need to be admitted for an additional dialysis treatment to remove extra fluid or potassium. Dialysis patients frequently experience infectious diseases such as pneumonia and bacteremia that require antibiotic treatment or
encounter vascular access problems requiring a placement of a temporary central catheter for dialysis. These problems often happen after hours or over the weekend. Our healthcare system channels dialysis patients with such problems to the ED, leading to substantial costs and resource consumption and patient dissatisfaction.
Problems such as pulmonary edema can be diagnosed and extra-dialysis sessions offered any time of the day and any day of the week. Basic blood or urine tests, including chemistry panels and CBCs, can be done within minutes so that hyperkalemia and other electrolyte abnormalities can be detected and managed immediately. Blood cultures are drawn and patients can be provided with empiric intravenous antibiotics under physician supervision. Electrocardiograph machines and pulse oximeters provide additional evaluations.
If you have a medical emergency, dial 911. Otherwise if you need care or treatment, please call us at: 937-322-7521.
