Dialysis in acute kidney injury - More is not better

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-84

  Bonventre, Joseph V ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEMODIAFILTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; TIME;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46449092994     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0803765     Document Type: Editorial

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