Abstract
Introduction: Recently, the survival rate of people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) increased and these patients could now be considered living with a chronic condition. In this scenario, home management’s role becomes more relevant as nurses are best placed to coordinate care through patient illness trajectory.
Aim: To identify and synthesize the experiences of home management performed by nurses of patients with PAH.
Methods: Pubmed and Cinahl databases were searched to review quantitative and qualitative studies describing nursing interventions at PAH patients’ home. Data were synthesized narratively.
Results: Two studies evaluated specific interventions of home management performed by nurses. Both studies emphasized the nursing role in assessing patients’ needs. One study focused on the transitioning of medication and nurses’ role in assessing the side effects during the transitioning. The other describes a telephone follow-up delivered to patients treated in a specialist centre.
Conclusions: Literature about home management of PAH patients is scarce, and no evidence about nursing interventions is present. New approaches to deliver home care to PAH are crucial to fill the gap between hospital and community care. Expert PAH nurses could be the perfect link with clinical nurse specialists to continue providing a useful contact point for local healthcare providers. Future studies are necessary to evaluate the role of nurses in the home management of PAH patients.
Footnotes
Cite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2021; 58: Suppl. 65, PA1808.
This abstract was presented at the 2021 ERS International Congress, in session “Prediction of exacerbations in patients with COPD”.
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