Acute Kidney Injury
Purpose of the study
The primary purpose of the study is to investigate the various admissions and emergency visits of victims with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in the state of California between 2005 and 2015 (a span of a whole decade).
Data collection
Data was collected from the California’s Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) hospital. The primary data collection method was the review of the hospital’s aggregate information. Data collected were analyzed through the trend analysis that comprised of the comorbidities and spatiotemporal analysis were done as a means of examination (Moyce, Mitchell, Udaltsova & Medel-Herrero, 2019).
Correlation between the variables
There is a significant correction between the increasing levels of AKI and diabetes. Through the plotting of AKI hospitalization against the diabetes pervasiveness, the results showed that the higher the rate of AKI victims in an area, there was a high frequency of diabetes. Kidneys have a filtering unit housing numerous small blood vessels. According to the author, in a situation where an individual has diabetes, there is a rise of the blood sugar levels, which leads to the vessels becoming narrow and clogged. Thus, ultimately leading to AKI. This correlation between the two variables went on increasing over time. In the research, the relationship between diabetes and AKI for the spatial-temporal data collected included age regulated frequencies rather than co-existing data on diabetes and AKI hospitalization data (Moyce, Mitchell, Udaltsova & Medel-Herrero, 2019).
References
Moyce, S., Mitchell, D., Udaltsova, I., & Medel-Herrero, A. (2019). The Expanding Burden of Acute Kidney Injury in California: Impact of the Epidemic of Diabetes on Kidney Injury Hospital Admissions. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 46(6), 629-639. Retrieved from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338164063_The_Expanding_Burden_of_Acute_Kidney_Injury_in_California_Impact_of_the_Epidemic_of_Diabetes_on_Kidney_Injury_Hospital_Admissions