Have we reached the limit of mortality benefit with our approach to renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury?

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1030-1033

  Faubel, Sarah ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANOREXIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERVOLEMIA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; NAUSEA; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; MALE;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84888356265     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.09.004     Document Type: Editorial

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