Current worldwide practice of dialysis dose prescription in acute renal failure

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 551-556

  Ronco, Claudio ^a   Ricci, Zaccaria ^b   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^c  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Dialysis adequacy; Dialysis delivery; Dialysis prescription; Dose of dialysis in acute renal failure; Renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AREA UNDER CURVE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; UREA;

EID: 33750550634     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccx.0000247447.17124.05     Document Type: Review

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