Early nephrologist involvement in Hospital-acquired acute kidney injury: A pilot study

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-234

  Balasubramanian, Geetha ^a,b   Al Aly, Ziyad ^a   Moiz, Abdul ^b   Rauchman, Michael ^a,b   Zhang, Zhiwei ^a,b   Gopalakrishnan, Rajalakshmi ^a,b   Balasubramanian, Sumitra ^a   El Achkar, Tarek M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; nephrology consultation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPHROLOGIST;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; CREATININE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MISSOURI; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78751631543     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.08.026     Document Type: Article

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