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Common Conditions for Admission to Kindred Hospitals

By Dr. Dean French

Kindred Hospitals provide specialized long-term acute care and rehabilitation for medically complex patients. With physician-led, interdisciplinary care and disease-specific certifications from The Joint Commission, we provide seriously ill or injured patients with the high-quality acute care they need, for the time they need it.

Learn more about the conditions that often lead to a transfer to Kindred Hospital.

Complex respiratory conditions that may require ventilator weaning, including but not limited to:

  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • Acute respiratory failure
  • Airway burns
  • Aspiration pneumonia
  • Chronic ventilation with increased reliance on support
  • Complicated pulmonary infections
  • COPD/emphysema
  • COVID
  • Failed weaning attempts at acute care setting
  • Interstitial lung disease/pulmonary fibrosis
  • Post-COVID conditions

Complex wound/skin conditions, including but not limited to:

  • Abscess with drainage
  • Amputation wounds
  • Burns or skin condition 15% or more of BSA
  • Decubitus ulcers
  • Fournier’s gangrene
  • Multiple wounds requiring complex wound care that precludes patient from moving to lower level of care
  • Necrotic wounds requiring sharp debridement
  • Necrotizing fasciitis
  • Neuropathic and diabetic ulcers
  • Post-operative complications

Post-operative wound complications Infectious diseases, including but not limited to:

  • Abscess
  • AIDS-related infections
  • Bacteremia
  • Cellulitis
  • CNS infection
  • Complex pneumonia
  • Empyema
  • Endocarditis
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Pyelonephritis
  • Sepsis

Medically complex conditions, including but not limited to:

  • Cerebral vascular accident
  • Unstable diabetes mellitus
  • Congestive heart failure
  • AIDS/HIV complications
  • Metabolic disorders
  • Gastrointestinal dysfunction
  • Acute kidney failure
  • Cancer requiring pre- or post-treatment optimization
  • Malnutrition requiring TPN, PPN, NG/OG or DHT HCP
Learn about how Kindred Hospitals can help your medically complex patients recover.
By Dr. Dean French