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Acute kidney injury as a risk factor for diagnostic discrepancy among geriatric patients: a pilot study

Diagnostic discrepancy, defined as different admission and discharge diagnoses, could be a potential source of diagnostic error. We evaluated whether acute kidney injury (AKI) in the elderly affected their risk for diagnostic discrepancy. Patients aged ≥60 years from the general medical wards were p...

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Autores principales: Chao, Chia-Ter, Tsai, Hung-Bin, Chiang, Chih-Kang, Huang, Jenq-Wen, Hung, Kuan-Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5159791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27982065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep38549