A study protocol for improving the delivery of acute kidney replacement therapy (KRT) to critically ill patients in Alberta – DIALYZING WISELY

Table 1 Alberta ICUs Delivering KRT

Site	City/Zone^a	ICU Type	Hospital Type	Beds
University of Alberta Hospital General Systems ICU	Edmonton	Mixed	Academic	32
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Cardiovascular ICU	Edmonton	Cardiac surgery	Academic	24
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Cardiac ICU	Edmonton	Cardiac	Academic	8
Royal Alexandra Hospital ICU	Edmonton	Mixed	Academic	25
Grey Nuns Hospital ICU	Edmonton	Mixed	Community	8
Misericordia Hospital	Edmonton	Mixed	Community	10
Sturgeon Hospital ICU	Edmonton	Mixed	Community	5
Stollery Children’s Hospital Pediatric ICU	Edmonton	Mixed	Academic	16
Stollery Children’s Hospital Pediatric Cardiac ICU	Edmonton	Cardiac	Academic	16
Foothills Medical Centre ICU	Calgary	Mixed	Academic	28
Foothills Medical Centre Cardiovascular ICU	Calgary	Cardiac surgery	Academic	16
Foothills Medical Centre Cardiac ICU	Calgary	Cardiac	Academic	18
Peter Lougheed Centre ICU	Calgary	Mixed	Academic	18
Rockyview General Hospital ICU	Calgary	Mixed	Community	10
South Health Campus ICU	Calgary	Mixed	Community	10
Alberta Children’s Hospital Pediatric ICU/PCICU	Calgary	Mixed	Academic	15
Red Deer Regional Hospital ICU	Red Deer/Central	Mixed	Regional	12
Chinook Regional Hospital ICU	Lethbridge/South	Mixed	Regional	7

Edmonton zone provides acute KRT to North Zone patients as there are no KRT programs currently operating in North Zone ICU
^aAlberta Health Service (AHS) is organized into five geographic zones: North (pop. 480,924), Edmonton (pop. 1,422,009), Central (pop. 476,6774), Calgary (pop. 1,710,560) and South (pop. 311,514) https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/about/publications/ahs-ar-2020/zones.html

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