Does early-start renal replacement therapy improve outcomes for patients with acute kidney injury?

Kidney International

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 670-673

  Prowle, John R ^a   Davenport, Andrew ^b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME TO TREATMENT; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84942939832     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2015.225     Document Type: Note

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