Identifying acute kidney injury in children: comparing electronic alerts with health record data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic (e-)alerts for rising serum creatinine values are increasingly used as clinical indicators of acute kidney injury (AKI). The aim of this study was to investigate to what degree AKI episodes, as identified using e-alerts, correlated with coding for AKI in the hospital record for a national cohort of hospitalised children and examine whether coding corresponded with 30-day mortality after an AKI episode.

Methods

A cross-section of AKI episodes based on alerts issued for children under 18 years in England during 2017 were linked to hospital records. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine patient and clinical factors associated with AKI coding. Agreement between coding and 30-day mortality was examined at hospital level.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Plumb L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11827200 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature