Prescription of an intermittent haemodialysis dose using urea kinetic modelling is feasible in the critically ill patient

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1075-

  Kanagasundaram, N S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WATER; CALCULATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KINETICS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STEADY STATE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

BODY WATER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RENAL DIALYSIS; UREA;

EID: 42449093348     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm746     Document Type: Letter

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