Prevalence of acute kidney injury in cardiac patients in the Intensive Care Unit

Prevalence of acute kidney injury in cardiac patients in the Intensive Care Unit

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) has consistently been associated with adverse clinical outcome after acute myocardial infarction (MI). In addition, AKI is well-known as a potent predictor of the clinical course in heart failure patients. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and ri...

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Main Authors: Tarek A Ghonemy, Hala M Allam, Amir M Elokely, Esam Lotfy, Sayed Elnahal, Amal F Gharib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-01-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
Subjects:
acute kidney injury
congestive heart failure
myocardial infarction
Online Access:http://www.esim.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1110-7782;year=2016;volume=28;issue=2;spage=60;epage=65;aulast=Ghonemy

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