Deficits in information transfer between hospital-based and primary-care physicians, the case of kidney disease: a cross-sectional study.

CONCLUSIONS: Kidney dysfunction is frequent in hospitalized patients but is usually not notified, even when severe or still present at discharge, suggesting that it is not considered important to disclose to primary-care physicians. This lack of information may decrease physicians' awareness, and may affect continuity of care in patients with kidney dysfunction.
PMID: 25687034 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)