The association between low admission peak plasma creatinine concentration and in-hospital mortality in patients admitted to intensive care in Australia and New Zealand

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 73-82

  Udy, Andrew A ^a,b   Scheinkestel, Carlos ^a,b   Pilcher, David ^a,b,c   Bailey, Michael ^c  

^a Hyperbaric Medicine   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society   (Australia)

Author keywords

creatinine; critical illness; mortality

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT; URINE VOLUME; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND;

AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84950979899     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001348     Document Type: Article

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