The impact of integrating nephrologists into the postoperative cardiac intensive care unit: A cohort study

CardioRenal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-88

  Flores Gama, Cesar ^a   Merino, Maribel ^a   Baranda, Francisco ^a   Cruz, Dinna N ^b   Ronco, Claudio ^b   Vazquez Rangel, Armando ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b International Renal Research Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Early nephrology; Intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONVALESCENCE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGIST; NEPHROLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THAKAR SCORE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84927752479     PISSN: 16643828     EISSN: 16645502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350545     Document Type: Article

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