Interobserver agreement for post mortem renal histopathology and diagnosis of acute tubular necrosis in critically ill patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Post mortem assessment of the renal histopathology in critically ill patients is neither robust nor reproducible; independent pathologists agree poorly on the diagnosis of ATN, and their structural assessment appears dissociated from ante-mortem renal function. PMID: 29202260 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29202260?dopt=Abstract

Source: Critical Care and Resuscitation - December 6, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Crit Care Resusc Source Type: research