Outpatient acute kidney disease detection by national and institutional health data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The development of diagnostic definitions for acute kidney disease in outpatients (AKD_OPT) remains an unattained goal because of consensus gaps and data silos in health-care systems.

Methods

Our team developed the Acute Kidney Injury Detection System (AKIDS) to screen for undiagnosed AKD_OPT using National Health Insurance MediCloud data and institutional electronic medical records. The criteria for AKD_OPT were a >50% change in maximum and minimum serum creatinine levels or a >35% change in corresponding estimated glomerular filtration rate values within the 180 days before an appointed outpatient visit. In this retrospective cohort study, the associations between AKD_OPT and composite kidney outcome (CKO; e.g., end-stage

SUBMITTER: Chiang HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12062446 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature