Rebecca's Recovery with Sepsis and Acute Kidney Injury
When Rebecca arrived at Kindred Hospital, she required TPN and rehab. After working with her interdisciplinary care team, she was able to discharge to home.
A Patient Success Story from Kindred Hospital South Florida - Ft. Lauderdale
After experiencing weakness and shortness of breath, Rebecca went to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with sepsis and low blood pressure.
AT ADMISSION
At the hospital, pneumonia led to acute kidney injury and heart failure. Antibiotics treated Rebecca’s sepsis, but her kidney injury progressed to chronic kidney disease requiring hemodialysis. She also needed TPN, or nutrition through a vein.
TREATMENT AT KINDRED
At Kindred Hospital South Florida – Ft. Lauderdale, Rebecca transitioned from TPN to eating by mouth. She improved enough to walk 25 feet and needed only moderate help to sit and stand.
OUTCOME
After making progress at the LTACH, Rebecca moved to Kindred’s on-site Acute Rehabilitation Unit. After 25 days of treatment, Rebecca was discharged home.
“The nurses and rehab team were amazing. (They helped me) get back home to my life.”
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