Acute Kidney Injury Network Criteria as a Predictor of Hospital Mortality in Cirrhotic Patients With Ascites

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages e21-e26

  de Carvalho, Juliana Ribeiro ^a   Villela Nogueira, Cristiane Alves ^a   Luiz, Ronir Raggio ^b   Guzzo, Paula Lustosa ^b   da Silva Rosa, Juliana Maria ^b   Rocha, Eduardo ^b   Moraes Coelho, Henrique Sérgio ^b   de Mello Perez, Renata ^b  

^a Hepatology Service   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Ascites; Hospital mortality; Liver cirrhosis; Renal failure.

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; ASCITES; BRAZIL; CREATININE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84857058973     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31822e8e12     Document Type: Article

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