Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ()

Nursing Activities Score and Acute Kidney Injury

  • Filipe Utuari de Andrade Coelho,
  • Mirian Watanabe,
  • Cassiane Dezoti da Fonseca,
  • Katia Grillo Padilha,
  • Maria de Fátima Fernandes Vattimo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0266
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 70, no. 3
pp. 475 – 480

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ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the nursing workload in intensive care patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). Method: A quantitative study, conducted in an intensive care unit, from April to August of 2015. The Nursing Activities Score (NAS) and Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) were used to measure nursing workload and to classify the stage of AKI, respectively. Results: A total of 190 patients were included. Patients who developed AKI (44.2%) had higher NAS when compared to those without AKI (43.7% vs 40.7%), p <0.001. Patients with stage 1, 2 and 3 AKI showed higher NAS than those without AKI. A relationship was identified between stage 2 and 3 with those without AKI (p = 0.002 and p <0.001). Conclusion: The NAS was associated with the presence of AKI, the score increased with the progression of the stages, and it was associated with AKI, stage 2 and 3.

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