Risk factors for community-acquired acute kidney injury in patients with and without chronic kidney injury and impact of its initial management on prognosis: a prospective observational study

Autor: Fabien Stucker, Belen Ponte, Victoria De la Fuente, Cyrielle Alves, Olivier Rutschmann, Sebastian Carballo, Nicolas Vuilleumier, Pierre-Yves Martin, Thomas Perneger, Patrick Saudan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: BMC Nephrology, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2369
DOI: 10.1186/s12882-017-0792-2
Popis: Abstract Background We aimed to describe clinical characteristics of patients with community-acquired acute kidney injury (CA-AKI), the effectiveness of initial management of CA-AKI, its prognosis and the impact of medication on its occurrence in patients with previous chronic kidney injury (CKI). Methods We undertook a prospective observational study within the Emergency Department (ED) of a University Hospital, screening for any patient >16 years admitted with an eGFR
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