International Criteria for Acute Kidney Injury: Advantages and Remaining Challenges

Overview

Journal PLoS Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2016 Sep 14

PMID 27622526

Citations 19

Authors

Nicholas M Selby

Richard J Fluck

Nitin V Kolhe

Maarten W Taal

Affiliations

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Abstract

Nicholas Selby and colleagues describe how the definition of acute kidney injury brings opportunities and challenges in identifying patients at higher risk of adverse outcomes.

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