Common Conditions for Admission to Kindred Hospitals

With physician-led, interdisciplinary care and disease-specific certifications from The Joint Commission, Kindred Hospitals 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