Defining acute renal failure: The RIFLE criteria

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 187-193

  Venkataraman, Ramesh ^a   Kellum, John A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Definitions; RIFLE criteria

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE VOLUME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE;

EID: 34447646450     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066607299510     Document Type: Review

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