Raising awareness of acute kidney injury: A global perspective of a silent killer

Kidney International

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 457-467

  Lewington, Andrew J P ^a   Cerdá, Jorge ^b   Mehta, Ravindra L ^c  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

acute kidney injury; chronic kidney disease; clinical epidemiology; economic impact; health status; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84883449882     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2013.153     Document Type: Review

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