Impact of Electronic Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Alerts With Automated Nephrologist Consultation on Detection and Severity of AKI: A Quality Improvement Study

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 9-19

  Park, Sehoon ^a   Baek, Seon Ha ^b   Ahn, Soyeon ^c   Lee, Kee Hyuk ^c   Hwang, Hee ^c   Ryu, Jiwon ^d   Ahn, Shin Young ^e   Chin, Ho Jun ^a,c   Na, Ki Young ^a,c   Chae, Dong Wan ^a,c   Kim, Sejoong ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury (AKI); AKI alarm; AKI alert; electronic alert; electronic medical record (EMR); nephrology consultation; quality improvement report; serum creatinine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED CONSULTATION; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE ALERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY RATE; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE ASSESSMENT; ALARM MONITOR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRENDS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; CLINICAL ALARMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGISTS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85025597307     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2017.06.008     Document Type: Article

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