Epidemiology of de novo acute renal failure in hospitalized African Americans: Comparing community-acquired vs hospital-acquired disease

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1309-1313

  Obialo, Chamberlain I ^a   Okonofua, Eni C ^a   Tayade, Arti S ^a   Riley, Louis J ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEGRO; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0034621496     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.9.1309     Document Type: Article

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