Predicting the risk of acute kidney injury in earthquake victims

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 64-65

  Ito, Jun ^a   Fukagawa, Masafumi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Creatinine; Crush syndrome; Disaster; Earthquake

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POTASSIUM; URIC ACID;

CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE COURSE; EARTHQUAKE; IRAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; NOTE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VICTIM;

EID: 59049094113     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph1016     Document Type: Note

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