Improving Care after Acute Kidney Injury: A Prospective Time Series Study

Nephron

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-50

  Silver, Samuel A ^a   Harel, Ziv ^a,b   Harvey, Andrea ^a   Adhikari, Neill K ^c   Slack, Andrew ^c   Acedillo, Rey ^g   Jain, Arsh K ^g   Richardson, Robert M ^d   Chan, Christopher T ^d   Chertow, Glenn M ^h,i   Bell, Chaim M ^e,f   Wald, Ron ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Chronic kidney disease; Continuity of care; Quality improvement; Transitions in care

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85027916951     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000438871     Document Type: Article

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