Fractional excretion of urea as a diagnostic index in acute kidney injury in intensive care patients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 505-510

  Dewitte, Antoine ^a,b   Biais, Matthieu ^a,b   Petit, Laurent ^a   Cochard, Jean François ^a   Hilbert, Gilles ^a,b   Combe, Christian ^a,b   Sztark, François ^a,b  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Diagnosis; Intensive care; Kidney tubular necrosis, acute; Urea

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FUROSEMIDE; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL EXCRETION OF UREA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OLIGURIA; PERSISTENT ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RIFLE SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACUITY; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84867335937     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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