Table 4.
Effectiveness of setting 90 and 120 mL/min/1.73 m2 as the eGFR limit for initiating urea testing
| Institution | Total urea not done, no. (%) | eGFR≥120 mL/min/1.73 m2 | Total urea not done, no. (%) | eGFR≥90 mL/min/1.73 m2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elevated urea missed, no. (%) | Nonelevated urea tests eliminated, no. (%) | Elevated urea missed, no. (%) | Nonelevated urea tests eliminated, no. (%) | |||||||
| >8.30 mmol/L | >9.28 mmol/L | <8.30 mmol/L | <9.28 mmol/L | >8.30 mmol/L | >9.28 mmol/L | <8.30 mmol/L | <9.28 mmol/L | |||
| Elderly | 61 774 (64.7) | 4396 (4.6) | 954 (1.0) | 91 045 (60.1) | 60 820 (63.7) | 89 237 (93.5) | 8464 (8.9) | 2291 (2.4) | 80 773 (84.6) | 86 919 (91.1) |
| Outpatient | 12 550 (67.9) | 163 (0.9) | 19 (0.1) | 12 387 (67.0) | 12 631 (67.8) | 16 311 (88.3) | 350 (1.9) | 74 (0.4) | 15 961 (86.4) | 16 238 (87.9) |
| Inpatient | 74 421 (73.2) | 1394 (1.4) | 407 (0.4) | 73 027 (71.8) | 74 014 (72.8) | 91 875 (90.4) | 2734 (2.7) | 915 (0.9) | 89 141 (87.7) | 90 960 (89.5) |
| Routine | 16 748 (81.7) | 228 (1.1) | 10 (0.05) | 16 520 (80.6) | 16 738 (81.6) | 20 174 (98.4) | 117 (0.6) | 20 (0.1) | 20 057 (97.8) | 16 728 (98.3) |
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) was calculated with using CKD‐EPI.5