Patient-level data for adults and children who trigger an electronic alert for an acute kidney injury (AKI) in primary or secondary care in England.

The dataset contains patient-level data for adults and children who trigger a laboratory e-alert for an acute kidney injury (AKI) in primary or secondary care in England. The data are collected monthly and include patient identifiable information, and limited socio-demographic and clinical data. Data collection began in 2015 and in 2018, 87% of the 189 laboratories in England submitted data that could be used in the UKRR’s inaugural AKI report that was published in July 2020 (AKI in England – a report on the nationwide collection of AKI warning test scores from 2018). In 2019, 96% of laboratories submitted data. Each year the UKRR collects data on about 500,000 people with a suspected AKI in England - this includes more than 1.5 million AKI e-alerts. This data collection is mandated by NHS England and alerts are generated by an algorithm embedded in the laboratory information management systems. See here for further information: https://renal.org/audit-research/data-permissions/data/ukrr-lab-aki-dataset