Documentation of acute kidney injury at discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit and role of nephrology consultation.

June 8, 2022

  • Chmielewski J, Chaudhry PM, Harer MW, Menon S, South AM, Chappell A, Griffin R, Askenazi D, Jetton J, Starr MC; Neonatal Kidney Collaborative. J Perinatol. 2022 Jul;42(7):930-936.
  • Among 605 neonates with AKI, 13% had documented AKI. Those with documented AKI were more likely to have severe AKI (70.5% vs. 51%, p < 0.001) and SCr-only AKI (76.9% vs. 50.1%, p = 0.04). Nephrology consultation mediated 78.0% (95% CL 46.5-109.4%) of the total effect of AKI severity and 82.8% (95% CL 70.3-95.3%) of the total effect of AKI diagnostic criteria on documentation.
  • doi: 10.1038/s41372-022-01424-3