Impact of pre-hospital renal function on the detection of acute kidney injury in acute decompensated heart failure.

CONCLUSIONS: Evaluation of AKI in patients admitted with HF should consider pre-hospital RF, since it improves early identification of AKI and has implications for risk assessment.
PMID: 32127300 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - February 28, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Sanchez-Serna J, Hernandez-Vicente A, Garrido-Bravo IP, Pastor-Perez F, Noguera-Velasco JA, Casas-Pina T, Rodriguez-Serrano AI, Núñez J, Pascual-Figal D Tags: Eur J Intern Med Source Type: research