Acute kidney injury: Top ten tips

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

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 328-332

  Prescott, Alison M ^a   Lewington, Andrew ^a   O'Donoghue, Donal ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Acute renal failure; Detection; Management; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING; BURN; COST CONTROL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMBOLISM; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYELOMA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SEPSIS; THROMBOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE VOLUME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84865448869     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-4-328     Document Type: Review

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