Post-discharge care following acute kidney injury: quality improvement in primary care.
Susan J HowardRebecca ElveyJulius OhrnbergerAlex J TurnerLaura AnselmiAnne-Marie MartindaleTom BlakemanPublished in: BMJ open quality (2021)
The findings suggest that the quality improvement intervention successfully engaged a primary care workforce in AKI-related care, but that a higher intensity intervention is likely to be required to improve health outcomes. Development of a real-time audit tool is necessary to better understand and minimise the impact of the high mortality rate following AKI.