Diagnosis, epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury
SS Waikar, KD Liu, GM Chertow - Clinical Journal of the American …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Acute kidney injury is an increasingly common and potentially catastrophic complication in
hospitalized patients. Early observational studies from the 1980s and 1990s established the
general epidemiologic features of acute kidney injury: the incidence, prognostic significance,
and predisposing medical and surgical conditions. Recent multicenter observational cohorts
and administrative databases have enhanced our understanding of the overall disease
burden of acute kidney injury and trends in its epidemiology. An increasing number of …
hospitalized patients. Early observational studies from the 1980s and 1990s established the
general epidemiologic features of acute kidney injury: the incidence, prognostic significance,
and predisposing medical and surgical conditions. Recent multicenter observational cohorts
and administrative databases have enhanced our understanding of the overall disease
burden of acute kidney injury and trends in its epidemiology. An increasing number of …