Defining AKI: Closer to getting the math right

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1340-1342

  Lafrance, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Levin, Adeera ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONSENSUS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CREATININE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 84879870211     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft011     Document Type: Article

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