Epidemiology of acute kidney injury: How big is the problem?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2008, Pages

  Hoste, Eric A J ^a   Schurgers, Marie ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Acute renal failure; End stage kidney disease; Epidemiology; Incidence; Intensive care unit; Length of stay; Mortality; Renal replacement therapy; RIFLE classification

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY INJURY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 41649100917     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318168c590     Document Type: Review

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