ArticleSaudi journal of medicine & medical sciences
Impact of Early Nephrology Referral on the Outcomes of Patients with Acute Kidney Injury.
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- The efficacy of novel biomarkers for the early detection and management of acute kidney injury: A systematic review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Acute kidney injury in children and adolescents admitted for pneumonia in the Philippines.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Article
- Nephrology consultation improves the clinical outcomes of patients with acute kidney injury.Kidney research and clinical practice · 2025Article
- An early HMGB1 rise 12 hours before creatinine predicts acute kidney injury and multiple organ failure in a smoke inhalation and burn swine model.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with an increase in patient mortality and high rates of renal/non-renal complications. Late detection of the disease has been associated with worse prognosis, but no such study has been conducted from Saudi Arabia. Objectives: To assess the impact of early nephrology referral on the outcomes of patients with AKI. Methods: This retrospective record review included all adult patients (≥18 years) with AKI who were referred to the Nephrology Department at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, between May 2019 and July 2020. AKI was defined according to the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criteria. AKI patients evaluated by nephrologists were stratified into early referral group (i.e., referral in <48 h from the first detection of AKI) and late referral group (referral ≥48 h after the first detection of AKI). Results: A total of 400 patients met the inclusion criteria, of which 264 (66%) were early referrals. A significant association was found between delayed referral and mortality rates and length of hospital stay (for both, Conclusions: The outcomes were worse for patients with AKI receiving late referrals to nephrologists. Raising the awareness of AKI among non-nephrologists would likely increase the proportion of earlier referrals.
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