Acute kidney injury among adult patients with sepsis in a low-income country: Clinical patterns and short-term outcomes Epidemiology and Health Outcomes

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bagasha, Peace ^a   Nakwagala, Frederick ^a   Kwizera, Arthur ^a   Ssekasanvu, Emmanuel ^a   Kalyesubula, Robert ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Africa; AKIN; Mortality; Resource limited setting; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; UGANDA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEPSIS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925387714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-16-4     Document Type: Article

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