Acute kidney injury in the critically ill, morbidly obese patient: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a unique patient population

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 607-624

  Bucaloiu, Ion D ^a   Perkins, Robert M ^a,b   DiFilippo, William ^a   Yahya, Taher ^a   Norfolk, Evan ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Henry Hood Center for Health Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical; Glomerular filtration rate; Injury; Kidney; Morbid; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; OXALIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; UREMIA;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; OBESITY, MORBID; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77958120317     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2010.06.005     Document Type: Review

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