Acute kidney injury as an independent risk factor for unplanned 90-day hospital readmissions

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• 作者：Simon Sawhney ; Angharad Marks ; Nick Fluck ; David J. McLernon…
• 关键词：Acute kidney injury ; Acute renal failure ; Patient readmission ; Heart failure ; Patient discharge ; Decision support techniques ; Prediction model ; Clinical decision ; making ; Epidemiology ; Prognosis
• 刊名：BMC Nephrology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：18
• 期：1
• 全文大小：964KB
• 刊物主题：Nephrology; Internal Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2369
• 卷排序：18

文摘

BackgroundReducing readmissions is an international priority in healthcare. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common, serious and also a global concern. This analysis evaluates AKI as a candidate risk factor for unplanned readmissions and determines the reasons for readmissions.