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Frailty as a Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized Elderly Patients: A Single Center, Retrospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Elderly patients have an increased risk for acute kidney injury (AKI). However, few studies have reported on predictors for AKI in geriatric patients. Therefore, we aimed at determining the effect of frailty as a predictor of AKI. METHODS: We retrospectively enrolled 533 hospitalized eld...

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Autores principales: Baek, Seon Ha, Lee, Sung Woo, Kim, Sun-wook, Ahn, Shin young, Yu, Mi-Yeon, Kim, Kwang-il, Chin, Ho Jun, Na, Ki Young, Chae, Dong-Wan, Kim, Sejoong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27257823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156444