A Decision-Making Algorithm for Initiation and Discontinuation of RRT in Severe AKI.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

AKI is an increasingly common and devastating complication in hospitalized patients. Severe AKI requiring RRT is associated with in-hospital mortality rates exceeding 40%. Clinical decision making related to RRT initiation for patients with AKI in the medical intensive care unit is not standardized.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We conducted a 13-month (November of 2013 to December of 2014) prospective cohort study in an academic medical intensive care unit involving the implementation of an AKI Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plan, a decision-making algorithm to assist front-line clinicians caring for patients with AKI. The Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plan algorithms provided recommendations about

SUBMITTER: Mendu ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5293339 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature