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. 2023 Oct 5;5(12):100734. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100734

Table 3.

Kidney Follow-Up Components

Component Usual Care
N=13
Education Alone
N=18
ACT
N=15
P Value
14-d provider and laboratory follow-upa 0 (0) 2 (11) 12 (80) <0.001
30-d provider and laboratory follow-upa 0 (0) 4 (22) 12 (80) <0.001
Laboratory monitoring
Serum creatinine
 14-d 9 (69) 11 (61) 13 (87) 0.27
 30-d 11 (85) 14 (78) 14 (93) 0.52
 90-d 12 (92) 17 (94) 15 (100) 0.74
 Time to first assessment, d 9 (7, 19) 7 (4, 16) 7 (2, 6) 0.03
Urine protein assessmentb
 14-d 0 (0) 3 (17) 13 (87) <0.001
 30-d 2 (15) 5 (28) 13 (87) <0.001
 90-d 5 (39) 9 (50) 14 (93) 0.004
 Time to first assessment, d 35 (28, 78) 20 (7, 52) 5.5 (2, 9) 0.001
Clinician follow-up
PCPc
 14-d 11 (85) 8 (44) 14 (93) 0.003
 30-d 12 (92) 11 (61) 14 (93) 0.03
 Time to PCP follow-up, d 9.5 (4, 12.5) 4 (2, 16) 5 (1, 8) 0.29
Nephrologist
 14-d 0 (0) 1 (6) 3 (20) 0.23
 30-d 1 (8) 3 (17) 5 (33) 0.22
 Time to nephrology follow-up, d 27 20 (6, 21) 14 (13, 22) 0.50
Pharmacistd
 14-d 1 (8) 1 (6) 9 (60) <0.001
 30-d 1 (8) 1 (6) 11 (73) <0.001
 Time to pharmacist follow-up, d 13 10 7 (4, 13) 0.53

Note: Data reported as n (%) for nominal/discrete data or median (IQR) for continuous data.

Abbreviations: ACT, AKI in Care Transition; PCP, primary care provider.

a

Cumulative incidence of provider (PCP or nephrologist) and laboratory (SCr and urine study) follow-up.

b

Includes urinalysis with microscopy, urine dipstick, and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio. Of the 42 urine evaluations performed across the groups within 90 days, 88% were urinalyses or urine dipsticks. In cases where results revealed an elevated protein osmolality ratio or hematuria on screening evaluation with a urinalysis with microscopy or urine dipstick, a repeat assessment and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio were recommended within 3 months of discharge.

c

Telehealth visit occurred in 1 and 4 participants in the Usual Care and Education Alone groups, respectively.

d

Telehealth visit occurred in 1 participant in the ACT group.