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Long-term kidney function of patients discharged from hospital after an intensive care admission: observational cohort study.

Haines, RW; Powell-Tuck, J; Leonard, H; Crichton, S; Ostermann, M; (2021) Long-term kidney function of patients discharged from hospital after an intensive care admission: observational cohort study. Scientific Reports , 11 (1) , Article 9928. 10.1038/s41598-021-89454-3. Green open access

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Abstract

The long-term trajectory of kidney function recovery or decline for survivors of critical illness is incompletely understood. Characterising changes in kidney function after critical illness and associated episodes of acute kidney injury (AKI), could inform strategies to monitor and treat new or progressive chronic kidney disease. We assessed changes in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and impact of AKI for 1301 critical care survivors with 5291 eGFR measurements (median 3 [IQR 2, 5] per patient) between hospital discharge (2004-2008) and end of 7 years of follow-up. Linear mixed effects models showed initial decline in eGFR over the first 6 months was greatest in patients without AKI (- 9.5%, 95% CI - 11.5% to - 7.4%) and with mild AKI (- 12.3%, CI - 15.1% to - 9.4%) and least in patients with moderate-severe AKI (- 4.3%, CI - 7.0% to - 1.4%). However, compared to patients without AKI, hospital discharge eGFR was lowest for the moderate-severe AKI group (median 61 [37, 96] vs 101 [78, 120] ml/min/1.73m2) and two thirds (66.5%, CI 59.8-72.6% vs 9.2%, CI 6.8-12.4%) had an eGFR of < 60 ml/min/1.73m2 through to 7 years after discharge. Kidney function trajectory after critical care discharge follows a distinctive pattern of initial drop then sustained decline. Regardless of AKI severity, this evidence suggests follow-up should incorporate monitoring of eGFR in the early months after hospital discharge.

Type: Article
Title: Long-term kidney function of patients discharged from hospital after an intensive care admission: observational cohort study.
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89454-3
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89454-3
Language: English
Additional information: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Inst of Clinical Trials and Methodology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Inst of Clinical Trials and Methodology > MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10128668
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