Nationwide Children's Hospital, Nephrology, Columbus, OH
Claudia Mosquera Vasquez, Rolla Abu-Arja, Michael Welty, Mara Crabtree, Monica Ardura, Jeanette Taveras, Diana Zepeda-Orozco
Background: Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a curative therapy for malignant and non-malignant diseases. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication after HCT secondary to use of nephrotoxic medications (NTMx) prescribed for conditioning and prophylaxis. A recently published meta-analysis estimates the incidence of AKI after HCT to be 55.1%, with Stage 3 occurring in 8.3% of patients. Nephrotoxic medication–associated AKI (NAKI) affects 19%–31% of children who receive an intravenous aminoglycoside, with NAKI rates doubling with receipt of ≥ 3 nephrotoxic medications on the same day. We hypothesized that reducing NTMx exposure in pediatric HCT patients would be associated with lower all causes AKI incidence in the HCT unit. Methods: Single-center harm-preventing measures have been implemented at our center since 2019 to 2023. A multi-phased approach was used to increase education and recognition surrounding NTMx exposures in the HCT unit and role in subsequent AKI. We identified champions in the Pediatric HCT and Infectious Disease Host Defense teams. Five educational sessions took place from November 2022-June 2023 and an informational handout was created and distributed to HCT providers. Notifications to attending physicians of patients meeting NTMx exposure criteria, with acceptable alternatives to commonly used nephrotoxic drugs, and suggestions for AKI monitoring took place during daily rounds by the clinical pharmacist. Data on exposures and NAKIs’ was collected and reviewed every 3 months. Results: The cohort included 79 unique patients with 3547 patient days admitted to the HCT unit at Nationwide Children’s Hospital between January 1 2022 and March 31 2023. A total of 210 NTMx exposures were identified and resulted in 22 NAKI events. We reduced the rates of nephrotoxic medication exposure by 51% from 14.36 to 7 per month per 1000 patient days and NAKIs by 21% from to 1.27 to 1 per month per 1000 patient days since the start of our interventions. Conclusions: Successful interventions to decrease AKI in patients admitted to the HCT unit require a multi-disciplinary, iterative, and continuous approach, including recurrent education efforts to providers and pharmacy-driven daily physician alerts. Organizational implementation of these interventions is still ongoing.
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