A high urea-to-creatinine ratio predicts long-term mortality independent of acute kidney injury among patients hospitalized with an infection.

Autor: van der Slikke EC; Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands., Star BS; Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands., de Jager VD; Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands., Leferink MBM; Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Acute Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands., Klein LM; Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands., Quinten VM; Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany., Olgers TJ; Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Acute Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands., Ter Maaten JC; Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Acute Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands., Bouma HR; Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. h.r.bouma@umcg.nl.; Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Acute Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. h.r.bouma@umcg.nl.

Publikováno v: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2020 Sep 24; Vol. 10 (1), pp. 15649. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 24.