Acute kidney injury: Glimpses into epidemiology and opportunities for improvement

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-254

  Hsu, Raymond K ^a   Hsu, Chi Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGE; COMORBIDITY; DIALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84857387414     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1606     Document Type: Note

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