Outcomes of Community-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury: A Cohort Study of US Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community-acquired acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) occurs outside of the hospital and is the most common form of AKI. CA-AKI is not well understood, which hinders efforts to prevent, identify, and manage CA-AKI.

Objective

Examine 30-day outcomes following CA-AKI using national administrative and lab data from the Veterans Health Administration (VA).

Research design

Retrospective cohort study.

Subjects

VA primary care patients with recorded outpatient serum creatinine (SCr) with observed CA-AKI (cases) and a standardized mortality ratio propensity-weighted 5% comparator sample without observed CA-AKI in 2013-2017.

Measures

CA-AKI was defined as a ≥1.5-fold relative increase in outpatient SCr or inpatient SCr (≤24 h from admission) from a reference

SUBMITTER: Wang V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11723809 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature