Impaired renal blood flow and the 'spicy food' hypothesis of acute kidney injury

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 901-903

  Kellum, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute kidney injury; acute renal failure; L NAME; nitric oxide; pathogenesis; renal blood flow

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; ENDOTHELIN 1 ANTAGONIST; FENOLDOPAM; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 79953175985     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31820f70bb     Document Type: Editorial

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