An epidemiologic overview of acute kidney injury in intensive care units

SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent event among critically ill patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICU) and represents a global public health problem, being imperative an interdisciplinary approach. OBJECTIV To investigate, through literature review, the AKI e...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Reginaldo Passoni dos Santos, Ariana Rodrigues Silva Carvalho, Luis Alberto Batista Peres, Claudio Ronco, Etienne Macedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302019000801094&lng=en&tlng=en