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Table 1

From: Prescription of cardioprotective drugs after acute kidney injury

  

Patients on cardioprotective drugs pre admission

CKD stage at hospital discharge as per eGFR

Number of patients with severe AKI who survived to hospital discharge

Number of patients

Mean baseline eGFR pre-hospitalisation (when available)

Mean eGFR at hospital discharge

Number of patients in whom cardioprotective drugs were discontinued and not restarted after hospital discharge

Appropriate documentation in hospital discharge letter regarding AKI and drug discontinuation (% of relevant patients)

V

3 (2.3%)

2

>60 (2 pts)

12

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

IV

18 (13.8%)

14

38.9 (9 pts)

24.1

9 (64%)

5 (55.5%)

IIIb

28 (21.5%)

25

59.4 (21 pts)

39

17 (68%)

12 (71%)

IIIa

24 (18%)

15

44.1 (7 pts)

52.4

8 (53%)

3 (38%)

I or II

58 (44.6%)

32

>60 (22 pts)

>60

17 (53%)

8 (47%)

Total

130

88

61 pts

88 pts

53 (60.2%)

30 (56.6%)

  1. Abbreviations: AKI = acute kidney injury; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; CKD = chronic kidney disease.