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Paradigms of acute kidney injury in the intensive care setting.
Nature reviews. Nephrology - 1 Apr 2018
Kellum John A, Prowle John R
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a heterogeneous clinical syndrome that has multiple aetiologies, variable pathogenesis and diverse outcomes. However, these heterogeneities are not reflected in current approaches to the diagnosis and, to some degree, treatment of AKI. For example, congestive heart failure and dehydration can produce identical changes in serum creatinine level and urine output (parameters that are...
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