Earlier intervention for acute kidney injury: Evaluation of an outreach service and a long-term follow-up

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 239-244

  Thomas, Mark E ^a   Sitch, Alice ^b   Baharani, Jyoti ^a   Dowswell, George ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute kidney injury; clinical laboratory information systems; creatinine; early intervention

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTREACH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AWARENESS; BLOOD; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; AWARENESS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CREATININE; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84922522078     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu316     Document Type: Article

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