Massive fluid requirements and an unusual BUN/creatinine ratio for pre-renal failure in patients with cholera

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Tariq, Muhammad ^a   Memon, Murtaza ^a   Jafferani, Asif ^b   Shoukat, Sana ^b   Gowani, Saqib Ali ^b   Nusrat, Rabeeya ^b   Riaz, Mehmood ^a   Patel, Junaid ^a   Jamil, Bushra ^a   Smego Jr , Raymond A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DIARRHEA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CHOLERA; CREATININE; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449555911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007552     Document Type: Article

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