Prevention, detection and management of acute kidney injury: Concise guideline

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-65

  Ftouh, Saoussen ^a   Lewington, Andrew ^b  

^a Centre for Acute and Chronic Conditions   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury (AKI); Definition; Management; NCEPOD; NICE; Patient safety; Prevention; Referral; Research; Risk

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AWARENESS; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DISABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LIVER DISEASE; OLIGURIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE VOLUME; VASCULITIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY (AKI); DEFINITION; MANAGEMENT; NCEPOD; NICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION; REFERRAL; RESEARCH; RISK;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY CARE;

EID: 84896713653     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-1-61     Document Type: Short Survey

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