Curbing the use of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute kidney injury: Penny wise or pound foolish?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1907-1908

  Liu, Kathleen D ^a   Chertow, Glenn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY INJURY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CREATININE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 78649647328     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.411     Document Type: Note

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