Prevention of postoperative acute kidney injury: One step closer

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1153-1154

  Rosner, Mitchell H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CREATININE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; MONOCYTE; PLEIOTROPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84869205443     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.07.021     Document Type: Editorial

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