Recognition and management of acute kidney injury in hospitalised patients can be partially improved with the use of a care bundle

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

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 431-436

  Joslin, Jennifer ^a   Wilson, Hannah ^a   Zubli, Daniel ^a   Gauge, Nathan ^a   Kinirons, Mark ^a   Hopper, Adrian ^a   Pile, Taryn ^a   Ostermann, Marlies ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Audit; Care bundle

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARE BUNDLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; SEPSIS; TERMINAL CARE; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; MEDICAL AUDIT;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES;

EID: 84943262622     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-5-431     Document Type: Article

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