The Economics of Renal Failure and Kidney Disease in Critically Ill Patients

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-111

  Parikh, Amay ^a   Shaw, Andrew ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Acute tubular necrosis; Continuous renal replacement therapy; Cost; Economics; Slow low efficiency daily dialysis

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN C; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SLOW LOW EFFICIENCY DAILY DIALYSIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 82955184580     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: 15578232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2011.10.006     Document Type: Review

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