Yale University: Early-Warning Alerts for Acute Kidney Injury Fail to Reduce Patient Risks
January 19, 2021
January 19, 2021
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 19 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release:
Electronic alert systems created to provide an early warning of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized patients have no effect on a patient's risk of death and may even lead to worse patient outcomes, according to a new study by Yale researchers.
The study, led by Dr. F. Perry Wilson, appears in the Jan. 16 edition of the British Medical Journal.
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Electronic alert systems created to provide an early warning of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized patients have no effect on a patient's risk of death and may even lead to worse patient outcomes, according to a new study by Yale researchers.
The study, led by Dr. F. Perry Wilson, appears in the Jan. 16 edition of the British Medical Journal.
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