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Acute kidney injury is independently associated with death in patients with cirrhosis

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Current creatine-based criteria for defining acute kidney injury (AKI) are validated in general hospitalised patients but their application to cirrhotics (who are younger and have reduced muscle mass) is less certain. We aimed to evaluate current definitions of AKI (acute kidney...

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Autores principales: Scott, Robert A, Austin, Andrew S, Kolhe, Nitin V, McIntyre, Chris W, Selby, Nicholas M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3955898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24660054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2012-100291