Blood urea nitrogen beyond estimation of renal function

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 405-406

  MacEdo, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

acute kidney injury; blood urea nitrogen; diagnosis; mortality; outcomes; serum creatinine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 79251539291     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318205c33a     Document Type: Editorial

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