Acute Kidney Injury in the Era of the AKI E-Alert.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Our aim was to use a national electronic AKI alert to define the incidence and outcome of all episodes of community- and hospital-acquired adult AKI.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

A prospective national cohort study was undertaken in a population of 3.06 million. Data were collected between March of 2015 and August of 2015. All patients with adult (≥18 years of age) AKI were identified to define the incidence and outcome of all episodes of community- and hospital-acquired AKI in adults. Mortality and renal outcomes were assessed at 90 days.

Results

There was a total of 31,601 alerts representing 17,689 incident episodes, giving an incidence of AKI of 577 per 100,000 population. Community-acquired AKI accounted for 49.3% of all

SUBMITTER: Holmes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5142071 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature