Acute renal failure in pregnancy: A review of clinical outcomes at an inner-city hospital from 1986-1996

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 486-490

  Nzerue, C Magnus ^a,b   Hewan Lowe, Karlene ^a   Nwawka, Chudi ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner city; Pregnancy; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032133070     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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