Table 3

Patients follow-up with blood tests within 7 days per 100 episodes of AKI by AKI severity and location (95% CI)

VariableYear 1 follow-upYear 2 follow-upYear 2 follow-up in patients without alert
AKI 173.8 (73.8 to 73.8)78.2 (78.2 to 78.2)80.0 (76.6 to 83.0)
AKI 281.1 (81.1 to 81.2)84.5 (84.4 to 84.5)61.0 (43.7 to 75.3)
AKI 378.4 (78.4 to 78.5)80.1 (80.1 to 80.2)41.5 (31.4 to 52.3)
Community inpatient64.4 (64.1 to 65.1)66.1 (65.7 to 66.8)61.1 (38.6 to 79.7)
Community outpatient37.0 (35.7 to 39.6)80.0 (78.1 to 83.6)50.0 (9.5 to 90.5)
ED/AMU/CDU79.6 (79.6 to 79.7)81.9 (81.9 to 82.0)73.6 (65.4 to 80.5)
General practice37.1 (37.1 to 37.2)50.9 (50.9 to 51.0)27.4 (18.5 to 38.6)
Hospital inpatient85.9 (85.9 to 86.0)87.2 (87.1 to 87.2)89.9 (86.7 to 92.4)
Hospital outpatient48.8 (48.7 to 48.9)57.3 (57.2 to 57.4)55.2 (43.4 to 66.5)
Hospital acquired*85.6 (85.5 to 85.6)86.8 (86.8 to 86.9)88.7 (85.5 to 91.3)
Community acquired*63.1 (63.1 to 63.2)69.8 (69.8 to 69.8)56.5 (50.5 to 62.2)
All AKI*76.0 (75.9 to 76.0)79.7 (79.7 to 79.7)76.7 (73.4 to 79.6)
  • *Aggregated location results.

  • AKI, acute kidney injury; ED/AMUDU, emergency department, acute medical unit and clinical decision units.