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. 2014 Jan 23;9(4):682–689. doi: 10.2215/CJN.07650713

Table 4.

AKI events identified by billing codes, serum creatinine, and combined creatinine and urine output criteria: stage (by creatinine criteria) and presence of oliguria

Variable Billing Code AKI AKIcr AKIcr_uop
Stage (by creatinine criteria) (%)
 No AKI 27.9 a 43.0
 Stage 1 AKI 20.9 62.3 35.3
 Stage 2 AKI 16.3 18.0 10.2
 Stage 3 AKI 34.9 19.7 11.5
Urine output <20 ml/hr×24 hr (%)
 Oliguria 47.2 31.7 61.1

Electronic medical record sample; staging is based solely on serum creatinine criteria. AKIcr, AKI by the creatinine-based criteria; AKIcr_uop, AKI by creatinine- or urine output–based criteria.

a

0% by definition.