Table 2.

Summary of management actions and referrals recorded in free-text case reflections over 2 years in 79 practices categorised by patient age and stratified by drop in eGFR, N = 1921

ActionPatients who were younger (≤60 years), n (%)Patients who were older (≥80 years), n (%)
eGFR drop >10 mL/min/1.73 m2
  All cases1016 (100)905 (100)
  Referreda91 (8.9)70 (7.7)
  Action includes review, retest, medication reviewa696 (68.5)587 (64.8)
eGFR drop >15 mL/min/1.73 m2
  All cases542 (53.3)362 (40.0)
  Referredb35 (6.5)27 (7.5)
eGFR drop >25 mL/min/1.73 m2
  All cases173 (17.0)91 (10.1)
  Referredc11 (6.4)3 (3.3)

  • ↵a Percentage shown is out of cases eGFR drop >10 mL/min/1.73 m2.

  • ↵b Percentage shown is out of cases eGFR drop >15 mL/min/1.73 m2.

  • ↵c Percentage shown is out of cases eGFR drop >25 mL/min/1.73 m2. eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate.