Management of acute kidney injury: It's the squeaky wheel that gets the oil!

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2102-2104

  Mehta, Ravindra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROPHYLAXIS; SEPSIS; THERAPY DELAY; URINE VOLUME;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 80052578327     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.07720811     Document Type: Editorial

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