Health service utilisation during the last year of life: a prospective, longitudinal study of the pathways of patients with chronic kidney disease stages 3-5

Table 7 Five most often recorded triggers for inpatient admissions (IPA)

Trigger^a	All N = 19 # IPA (% All IPA)	Conservative n = 9 # IPA (% Group’s IPA)	Dialysis n = 10 # IPA (% Group’s IPA)
Respiratory distress	11 (15)	0 (0)	11 (19)
Chest pain	8 (11)	1 (25)	7 (14)
Cardiac event	6 (8)	0 (0)	6 (10)
Other pain	6 (8)	2 (13)	4 (7)
Vascular access issues	6 (8)	0 (0)	6 (10)

IPA Inpatient Admission/s
^aThese triggers are not mutually exclusive, i.e., the patient may present with more than one trigger

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