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THE INCREMENTAL COST OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE IN THE UNITED STATES

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Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and serious complication after PCI. Despite the impact of AKI after PCI, the associated costs and its drivers are unknown. Using the… Click to show full abstract

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and serious complication after PCI. Despite the impact of AKI after PCI, the associated costs and its drivers are unknown. Using the nationally representative Premier Healthcare Database, we analyzed 1,443,297 PCI patients from 518 hospitals

Keywords: incremental cost; kidney injury; cost acute; acute kidney

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2019

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