Table 2 Characteristics of acute kidney injury alerts generated in the SunRise Clinical Manager electronic medication record from the silent alert phase on 14 medical and surgical hospital units in the Calgary Zone over a 30Â day observation period
Alert Frequency | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Total AKI alerts | 81 (100.0) |
 Stage 1 AKI alerts | 54 (66.7) |
 Stage 2 AKI alerts | 14 (17.3) |
 Stage 3 AKI alerts | 13 (16.0) |
Active medications included in AKI alerts | 36 (44.4) |
 Diuretics | 19 (23.4) |
 Antibiotics | 1 (1.2) |
 ACE-I/ARB | 10 (12.3) |
 NSAIDs | 6 (7.4) |
Patient location where AKI alert generated | |
 Medical unit | 66 (81.5) |
 Surgical unit | 15 (18.5) |