Burden of acute kidney injury and 90-day mortality in critically ill patients

Burden of acute kidney injury and 90-day mortality in critically ill patients

Abstract Background Mortality rates associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) vary among critically ill patients. Outcomes are often not corrected for severity or duration of AKI. Our objective was to analyse whether a new variable, AKI burden, would outperform 1) presence of AKI, 2) highest AKI sta...

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Main Authors: Renske Wiersema, Ruben J. Eck, Mikko Haapio, Jacqueline Koeze, Meri Poukkanen, Frederik Keus, Iwan C. C. van der Horst, Ville Pettilä, Suvi T. Vaara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Acute kidney injury
Burden
Mortality
Critically ill
Prediction models
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1645-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1645-y

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