Acute kidney injury and mortality in hospitalized patients

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 349-355

  Wang, Henry E ^a   Muntner, Paul ^b,c   Chertow, Glenn M ^d   Warnock, David G ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Chronic kidney disease; Health services; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALABAMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84859128929     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337487     Document Type: Article

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