Using a linked database for epidemiology across the primary and secondary care divide: acute kidney injury

Using a linked database for epidemiology across the primary and secondary care divide: acute kidney injury

Abstract Background NHS England has mandated the use in hospital laboratories of an automated early warning algorithm to create a consistent method for the detection of acute kidney injury (AKI). It generates an ‘alert’ based on changes in serum creatinine level to notify attending clinicians of a p...

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Main Authors: M. Johnson, H. Hounkpatin, S. Fraser, D. Culliford, M. Uniacke, P. Roderick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Subjects:
Acute kidney injury
Epidemiology
NHS AKI algorithm
Linked data
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-017-0503-8

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