Guideline adherence for identification and hydration of high-risk hospital patients for contrast-induced nephropathy

Table 2 Percentage high-risk patients and hydration of high-risk patients in hospital admission departments

Admission department	Total	High-risk patients	Hydration high-risk patients
Admission department	n	n (%)	n (%)^a
Internal medicine	371	89 (24.0)	69 (81.2)
Urology	68	18 (26.5)	17 (94.4)
Cardiology	890	158 (17.8)	92 (63.5)
Surgery	299	59 (19.7)	42 (85.7)
Pulmonology	119	18 (15.1)	12 (80.0)
Gastroenterology	220	23 (10.5)	14 (63.6)
Day admission	261	99 (37.9)	79 (82.3)
No admission/unknown	1647	110 (6.7)	38 (36.9)
Other departments^b	96	52 (12.3)	35 (72.9)
Total	4297	627 (14.6)	398 (68.5)

^aBecause in 46 high-risk patients information was missing about hydration, the number of high-risk patients used to calculate the percentage hydration differed from the number of high-risk patients in the third column.
^bSuch as neurology, gynecology, geriatrics, intensive care, orthopedics, radiology and oncology.

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