Acute Kidney Injury
Conditions
Keywords
acute kidney injury, hospitalized
Brief summary
The goal of this observational study is to investigate the epidemiology of acute kidney injury in hospitalized patients. The main question it aims to answer is: how frequent is the development of acute kidney injury in patients who are hospitalized? Data from participants will be retrospectively collected from medical charts.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients hospitalised from 01/01/2019 to 31/12/2023 * Availability of a Hospital Discharge Form * At least one serum creatinine (sCr) determination available
Exclusion criteria
* Day-hospital admission * Discharge after an emergency room admission without hospital admission * Stage IV and V CKD
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of intra-hospital Acute Kidney Injury | From 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2023 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury in different hospital wards | From 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2023 | — |
| Association between Acute Kidney Injury development and major discharge diagnoses | From 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2023 | — |
| Rate of re-hospitalisation in Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and non-AKI patients | From 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2023 | — |
| Intra-hospital mortality rate in patients who developed AKI compared to those who did not | From 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2023 | — |
| Incidence of AKI associated with thrombotic microangiopathy | From 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2023 | Comparison between hospital discharge forms and presumptive diagnosis formulated by parametric algorithms based on haematochemical tests performed during hospitalisation |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed