Nephrology Referral and Outcomes in Critically Ill Acute Kidney Injury Patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Costa e Silva, Verônica Torres ^a   Liaño, Fernando ^b   Muriel, Alfonso ^b   Díez, Rafael ^c   de Castro, Isac ^a   Yu, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CREATININE; POTASSIUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTINUOUS HEMODIALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIALYSIS DEPENDENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIURESIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEPHROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881004719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070482     Document Type: Article

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