Identifying acute kidney injury in children: comparing electronic alerts with health record data
The proportion of AKI alert-identified episodes coded in the hospital record is low, suggesting under-recognition and underestimation of AKI incidence. Understanding the reasons for inequalities in coding, variation in coding between hospitals and how alerts can enhance clinical recognition is needed.
Authors
- James Medcalf
- Manuela Savino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8712-8901)
- Dorothea Nitsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5767-248X)
- Manish D. Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1203)
- Lucy Plumb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3873-8567)
- Stephen D. Marks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9850-8352)
- Carol Inward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7421-9981)
- Anna Casula
Institutions
- University of Leicester (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Leicester General Hospital (GB)
- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Bristol Royal Infirmary (GB)
- British Heart Foundation (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Kidney Care UK (GB)
- Evelina London Children's Healthcare (GB)
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Nephrology
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-025-03961-3
- Primary Topic
- Acute Kidney Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care