Fluid balance and outcome in acute kidney injury: Is fluid really the best medicine?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1970-1972

  Murugan, Raghavan ^a   Kellum, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fluid balance; mortality; renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84861495530     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31824e1a1f     Document Type: Editorial

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