An Early Real-Time Electronic Health Record Risk Algorithm for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury

Overview

This is a single center randomized trial that seeks to determine if the use of an automated real-time electronic medical record Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) risk score can improve patient outcomes through the use of an early standardized nephrology focused intervention.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age >18 years old
2. Initial ESTOP AKI score ≥0.12 within the last 8 hours.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Voluntary refusal or missing written consent of the patient / legal representative.
2. Patients with a known history of end-stage renal disease on dialysis (including renal transplantation).
3. Patients without a measured serum creatinine value during their inpatient stay.
4. Patients with a creatinine >4.0 mg/dl at the time of admission or available in the electronic health record (EHR) from the last 6 months.
5. Patients with prior episode of Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) defined AKI during this same hospitalization- regardless of ESTOP AKI score.
6. Patients with prior renal consultation during their admission.