Sick Day Rules
- Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a sudden and recent reduction in a person’s kidney function
- Renal function is vulnerable to modest reductions in blood pressure or blood volume, including dehydration arising from diarrhoea or vomiting
- 1 in 5 people admitted to hospital each year as an emergency has acute kidney injury
- Patients and carers should be educated to temporarily discontinue selected medications if they develop vomiting, diarrhoea or infections associated with increased fluid losses. These medicines include:
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- Metformin
- ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II antagonists
- Diuretics
- NSAIDs
- SGLT-2 inhibitors
- Some sulfonylureas
- Trimethoprim
- See Think Kidneys for further information on sick day rules
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