Use of an electronic alert to identify patients with acute kidney injury

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-26

  Wallace, Katie ^a   Mallard, Angela S ^a   Stratton, Jon D ^a   Johnston, Paul A ^a   Dickinson, Stephen ^a   Parry, Rob G ^a  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury (AKI); e alert; Electronic alert; Mortality; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTRONIC ALERT SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURGICAL WARD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY (AKI); E-ALERT; ELECTRONIC ALERT; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL ALARMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CREATININE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896707372     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-1-22     Document Type: Article

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