Primary prevention of acute renal failure in the critically ill

Abstract

The best evidence suggests that nonpharmacologic strategies are more effective than drugs in reducing the risk of acute renal failure. Evidence also exists that strategies that improve survival in critically ill patients also reduce the incidence of organ failure, including acute renal failure.

Keywords

MedicineIntensive care medicineAcute kidney injuryRenal replacement therapyRenal functionIntensive care unitCreatinineCritically illIncidence (geometry)Internal medicine

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University of Pittsburgh US

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Year: 2005
Type: review
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
Pages: 74-78
Citations: 44
Access: Closed

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                                    John A. Kellum, 
                                
                                    Martine Leblanc, 
                                
                                    R. T. Noel Gibney
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2005). 
                            Primary prevention of acute renal failure in the critically ill. 
                            Current Opinion in Internal Medicine
                            , 5
                            (1)
                            , 74-78.
                            https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ccx.0000179934.76152.02
                        

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DOI: 10.1097/01.ccx.0000179934.76152.02