Acute renal failure

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7572, 2006, Pages 786-790

  Hilton, Rachel ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FUROSEMIDE; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OTOTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33750071400     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38975.657639.AE     Document Type: Review

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