Risk factors to predict renal failure and death in the medical intensive care unit

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-119

  Ward, Laurie A ^a   Coritsidis, George N ^a   Carvounis, Christos P ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; URINE OSMOLALITY;

EID: 0029993489     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088506669601100205     Document Type: Review

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