Bundled care in acute kidney injury in critically ill patients, a before-after educational intervention study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute kidney injury (AKI) often occurs in critically ill patients. AKI is associated with mortality and morbidity. Interventions focusing on the reduction of AKI are suggested by the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes guideline. We hypothesized that these educational interventions would improve outcome in patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Methods

This was a pragmatic single-centre prospective observational before-after study design in an ICU in a tertiary referral hospital. All consecutive patients admitted to the ICU irrespective their illness were included. A 'Save the Kidney' (STK) bundle was encouraged via an educational intervention targeting health care providers. The educational STK bundle consisted of optimizing the fluid balance (

SUBMITTER: Koeze J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7469422 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature