Prognostic implications of adding urine output to serum creatinine measurements for staging of acute kidney injury after major surgery: a cohort study
Conclusions
Adding UO to SCr criteria substantially increases the apparent incidence of AKI on hospital wards and significantly changes the prognostic implications of AKI identification and staging. These measures should not be considered equivalent criteria in AKI staging.
Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Quan, S., Pannu, N., Wilson, T., Ball, C., Tan, Z., Tonelli, M., Hemmelgarn, B. R., Dixon, E., James, M. T. Tags: Acute Kidney Injury Source Type: research
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