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A nurse-led community hepatitis B clinic
7 February, 2014
People with chronic hepatitis B virus infection need life-long monitoring. This care could be provided by specialist nurses based in GP clinics
In this article…
The care currently provided to those with hepatitis B
Advantages of offering community-based reviews
Challenges in setting up a nurse-led service in the community
Author
Teresa Bowyer is a viral hepatitis clinical nurse specialist at King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust, London.
Abstract
Bowyer T (2014) A nurse-led community hepatitis B clinic. Nursing Times; 110: 7, 18-19.
Patients with chronic hepatitis B are usually managed by specialist teams in secondary care. This article explores some of the challenges of transferring aspects of these patients’ care to a primary care setting by the same specialist nurse team.
This article has been double-blind peer reviewed
Figures and tables can be seen in the attached print-friendly PDF file of the complete article in the ‘Files’ section of this page
5 key points
Around 325,000 people in the UK had hepatitis B infection in 2007
Patients with chronic hepatitis B require lifelong monitoring and are usually managed in secondary care by specialist teams
Hepatitis B causes cirrhosis in up to 20% of patients and liver cancer in up to 5% of people with cirrhosis related to hepatitis B
While many patients are deemed at low risk of developing liver disease, they still require monitoring
Research is needed to identify how GP practice-based clinics could work with larger groups of patients
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发表于 2014-2-7 22:46