Kidney length in postoperative acute renal failure

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 251-255

  Šustić, Alan ^a   Mavrić, Žarko ^a   Fučkar, Željko ^a   Miletić, Damir ^a   Mozetič, Vladimir ^a   Mlinarić, Boris ^a  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Kidney length; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031860468     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199806)26:5<251::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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