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Predicting acute kidney injury: current status and future challenges.
Journal of nephrology - 1 Apr 2018
Pozzoli Simona, Simonini Marco, Manunta Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is characterized by an acute decline in renal function and is associated to increased mortality rate, hospitalization time, and total health-related costs. The severity of this 'fearsome' clinical complication might depend on, or even be worsened by, the late detection of AKI, when the diagnosis is based on the elevation of serum creatinine (SCr). For these reasons, in recent years a...
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