The changing pattern of referral in acute kidney injury

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 497-503

  Ali, T ^a   Tachibana, A ^b   Khan, I ^b   Townend, J ^b   Prescott, G J ^b   Smith, W C ^b   Simpson, W ^b   Macleod, A ^b  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052547948     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq250     Document Type: Article

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