Fluid balance and acute kidney injury

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-115

  Prowle, John R ^a   Echeverri, Jorge E ^a   Ligabo, E Valentina ^a   Ronco, Claudio ^b   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID THERAPY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY INJURY; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URINE VOLUME;

FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 76349111580     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2009.213     Document Type: Review

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