Detection of patients with acute kidney injury by the clinical laboratory using rises in serum creatinine: Comparison of proposed definitions and a laboratory delta check

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-62

  Garner, Ashley E ^a   Lewington, Andrew J P ^b   Barth, Julian H ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY NETWORK CRITERION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELTA CHECK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK, INJURY, FAILURE CRITERION; WAIKAR AND BONVENTRE CRITERION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATININE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84855936996     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2011.011125     Document Type: Article

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