Acute kidney injury is under‐recognised and under‐reported in hospitalised patients in Australia. Issue 12 (10th December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mitchell, Tim; Feher, Elisabeth; Mitchell, Gillian; Chakera, Aron
• Is Part Of: Internal medicine journal. Volume 47:Issue 12(2017)
• Page Start: 1451
• Page End: 1454
• Publication Date: 2017-12-10
• Subjects: acute kidney injury -- mortality -- Australia -- referral -- hospital; Medicine -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1111/imj.13639
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1444-0903

Abstract

Abstract: Acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalised patients is associated with adverse outcomes; however, it remains unrecognised and under‐reported. A total of 48 045 serum creatinine results from 8129 tertiary hospital inpatients were reviewed. The prevalence of AKI was 4.33%. Mortality was significantly higher in patients with AKI (16.76%) compared to those without AKI (1.88%, P < 0.001). Documentation of AKI in discharge summaries was poor.