The Risk study is about
Risk prediction for acute kidney Injury in acute medical admissionS in the uK
Acute Kidney Injury is common in patients admitted to hospital as an emergency – between 10 – 20% of people may have it. This study will investigate whether the use of a ‘risk score’ for patients being admitted can help predict who is at risk of developing AKI. The Think Kidneys Risk Workstream is supporting this important work.
This study will be conducted in Medical Assessment Units (MAUs) across the UK by volunteer health care staff. The data will be collected from 12 September to 29 September. The study is supported by the AKI Clinical Study Group and the chief investigator is Professor Lui Forni.
Professor Forni
“AKI remains a serious threat for people being admitted into hospital with some conditions. If we can devise a scoring system to recognise the risk they face, then we can potentially work towards mitigating that risk. We are delighted our colleagues in the MAUs are helping and we are relying on them to collect these data.”
Data collection will include all admissions to medical assessments units over a 24-hour period, with outcomes and incidence of AKI followed up until 7 days.
More information about the study can be found on https://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/research/the-risk-study or you can email Dr Nick Selby at nicholas.selby@nottingham.ac.uk