The assessment, serial evaluation, and subsequent sequelae of acute kidney injury (ASSESS-AKI) study: design and methods

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) has been increasing over time and is associated with a high risk of short-term death. Previous studies on hospital-acquired AKI have important methodological limitations, especially their re...

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Main Authors: Go Alan S, Parikh Chirag R, Ikizler T Alp, Coca Steven, Siew Edward D, Chinchilli Vernon M, Hsu Chi-yuan, Garg Amit X, Zappitelli Michael, Liu Kathleen D, Reeves W Brian, Ghahramani Nasrollah, Devarajan Prasad, Faulkner Georgia, Tan Thida C, Kimmel Paul L, Eggers Paul, Stokes John B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/11/22