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Incidence of hospital-acquired acute kidney injury and trajectories of glomerular filtration rate in older adults

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BMC NEPHROLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12882-023-03272-5

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Acute kidney injury (AKI); Hospital-aquired AKI; AKI incidence; Kidney function; In-hospital complication; eGFR trajectories; Older adults

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This study investigated the incidence rates of hospital-acquired AKI and trajectories of kidney function before hospitalization in older adults. The results showed that AKI is common in individuals aged 70+ and the incidence rates increase with age. Furthermore, the decline in kidney function was faster in patients with AKI compared to those without AKI years before hospitalization.
BackgroundIn older adults, epidemiological data on incidence rates (IR) of hospital-acquired acute kidney injury (AKI) are scarce. Also, little is known about trajectories of kidney function before hospitalization with AKI.MethodsWe used data from biennial face-to-face study visits from the prospective Berlin Initiative Study (BIS) including community-dwelling participants aged 70+ with repeat estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) based on serum creatinine and cystatin C. Primary outcome was first incident of hospital-acquired AKI assessed through linked insurance claims data. In a nested case-control study, kidney function decline prior to hospitalization with and without AKI was investigated using eGFR trajectories estimated with mixed-effects models adjusted for traditional cardiovascular comorbidities.ResultsOut of 2020 study participants (52.9% women; mean age 80.4 years) without prior AKI, 383 developed a first incident AKI, 1518 were hospitalized without AKI, and 119 were never hospitalized during a median follow-up of 8.8 years. IR per 1000 person years for hospital-acquired AKI was 26.8 (95% confidence interval (CI): 24.1-29.6); higher for men than women (33.9 (29.5-38.7) vs. 21.2 (18.1-24.6)). IR (CI) were lowest for persons aged 70-75 (13.1; 10.0-16.8) and highest for & GE; 90 years (54.6; 40.0-72.9). eGFR trajectories declined more steeply in men and women with AKI compared to men and women without AKI years before hospitalization. These differences in eGFR trajectories remained after adjustment for traditional comorbidities.ConclusionAKI is a frequent in-hospital complication in individuals aged 70 + showing a striking increase of IR with age. eGFR decline was steeper in elderly patients with AKI compared to elderly patients without AKI years prior to hospitalization emphasising the need for long-term kidney function monitoring pre-admission to improve risk stratification.

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