Table 2.

Reasons for initiation of RRT in patients with unplanned and urgent presentations to nephrology services

	Unplanned			Urgent
	Systemic illness	Unexpected decline	Patient related	Systemic illness	Unexpected decline	Patient related
Patient related ,n (%)
Non-compliance/non-attendance	–	–	11 (39)	–	–	0 (0)
Previous refusal of haemodialysis/conservative care	–	–	13 (46)	–	–	1 (13)
Drug toxicity (illicit/intentional)	–	–	3 (11)	–	–	3 (38)
Immigration, n (%)	–	–	1 (4)	–	–	4 (50)
Systemic illness, n (%)
Sepsis	65 (48)	–	–	28 (26)	–	–
Cardiovascular	30 (22)	–	–	11 (10)	–	–
Peripheral vascular disease	4 (3)	–	–	1 (1)	–	–
Autoimmunity	6 (4)	–	–	38 (36)	–	–
Major surgery	14 (10)	–	–	5 (5)	–	–
Obstructive uropathy	3 (2)	–	–	5 (5)	–	–
Other systemic causes with secondary renal involvement	10 (7)	–	–	14 (13)	–	–
Iatrogenic drug toxicity	3 (2)	–	–	4 (4)	–	–
Accelerated decline, n (%)
Accelerated decline (unplanned)	–	81 (100)	–	–	–	–
Accelerated decline (urgent)	–	–	–	–	57	–
Total, n (%)	135	81	28	106	57	8