Significance of the fractional excretion of urea in the differential diagnosis of acute renal failure

Kidney International

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2223-2229

  Carvounis, Christos P ^a   Nisar, Sabeeha ^a   Guro Razuman, Samerah ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute tubular necrosis; Azotemia; Diuretic therapy; Fractional excretion of sodium; Intensive care; Pre renal ARF

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; SODIUM; UREA; CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL EXCRETION OF UREA NITROGEN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM EXCRETION; UREMIA; BLOOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE;

ADULT; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA; UREMIA;

EID: 0036434909     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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