Association of acute kidney injury with frailty in elderly population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aim: The objective of this study was to assess whether an elderly patient’s frailty was associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) and to examine whether severe frailty group had an increased risk of AKI than mild–moderate group. Methods: We searched The Cochrane Library, PubMed, and EMBASE for relev...

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Main Authors: Zhu Liduzi Jiesisibieke, Tao-Hsin Tung, Qin-Yi Xu, Pei-En Chen, Shih-Yung Hsu, Yongguang Liu, Ching-Wen Chien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Renal Failure
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0886022X.2019.1679644