Patients are dying of acute renal failure

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2156-2157

  Kellum, John A ^a   Angus, Derek C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Critical illness; Hemodialysis; Hemofiltration; Outcomes research

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036742145     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200209000-00041     Document Type: Editorial

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