Diagnosis and management of acute kidney injury: Deficiencies in the knowledge base of non-specialist, trainee medical staff

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 216-221

  Muniraju, T M ^a   Lillicrap, M H ^a   Horrocks, J L ^b   Fisher, J M ^c   Clark, R M W ^d   Kanagasundaram, N S ^a,e  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Education; Medical; Postgraduate; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LIVER DISEASE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS;

EID: 84862890128     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-3-216     Document Type: Article

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