Predicting Baseline Creatinine in Hospitalized Patients
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Predicting baseline creatinine in hospitalized patients.
The confident evaluation of baseline kidney function is a fundamental component of any nephrology consultation.When abnormal kidney function is noted in a hospitalized patient, a clear sense of the patient’s baseline is required to understand the relative acuity and/ or chronicity of the process. Contemporary guidelines for the diagnosis and staging of AKI rely heavily on the ability to discern...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1555-9041,1555-905X
DOI: 10.2215/cjn.03020312