Drug-related causes attributed to acute kidney injury and their documentation in intensive care patients
Authors' conclusion
Drug-related causes comprise a substantial part of AKI in the ICU patients.
Study context
- Population
- Adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admissions, academic hospital in the Netherlands, November 2015 to January 2020
- Participants
- 8,124 ICU admissions
- Outcome
- Drug-related causes attributed to AKI (DAKI) and their documentation in EHR
Methodological detailssingle-centre, electronic health record data reuse
- Single-centre
- Electronic health record data reuse
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
AKI stage 2 or 3 and DAKI
ICU admissions with AKI stage 2 or 3: 542
6.7%
AKI cases deemed drug-related by ICU physicians: 102
18.8%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Mode of DAKI documentation in electronic health record (EHR)
- Documented in clinical notes
- 100%
- Documented in allergy module: 1
- 1%
- Documented via diagnosis codes
- 0
- Clinical notes required the highest time investment to analyse
Original publication
Drug-related causes attributed to acute kidney injury and their documentation in intensive care patients. J Crit Care. Published 21 March 2023. doi:10.
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