Publications by authors named "Dafydd Phillips"
Introduction: This study examined the relationship among age, measures of social deprivation, and incidence and outcome of acute kidney injury (AKI).
Methods: The Welsh National electronic AKI reporting system was used to identify all cases of AKI in patients 18 years or older between March 2015 and January 2017. Socioeconomic classification of patients was derived from the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD).
Objectives: To identify any seasonal variation in the occurrence of, and outcome following Acute Kidney Injury.
Methods: The study utilised the biochemistry based AKI electronic (e)-alert system established across the Welsh National Health Service to collect data on all AKI episodes to identify changes in incidence and outcome over one calendar year (1st October 2015 and the 30th September 2016).
Results: There were total of 48 457 incident AKI alerts.
Background: We examined the prevalence of acute kidney injury (AKI) risk factors in the emergency medical unit, generated a modified risk assessment tool and tested its ability to predict AKI.
Methods: A total of 1196 patients admitted to medical admission units were assessed for patient-associated AKI risk factors. Subsequently, 898 patients were assessed for a limited number of fixed risk factors with the addition of hypotension and sepsis.
Background: Little data exist on outcome of acute kidney injury (AKI) in diabetes. We describe short-term recovery of renal function, patient mortality and progressive renal dysfunction following AKI in diabetic patients.
Methods: Using the diagnosis of either diabetes or no diabetes as the defining variable, AKI episodes were identified from records of a clinical biochemistry department serving a population of 560 000.