Open AccessChanges in blood pressure before the development of nosocomial acute kidney injury
Author(s) -
Allen Yan Lun Liu,
John R. Prowle,
Elisa Licari,
S. Uchino,
Rinaldo Bellomo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfn490
Subject(s) - medicine , rifle , blood pressure , acute kidney injury , cardiology , renal function , cohort , mean arterial pressure , odds ratio , incidence (geometry) , mean blood pressure , heart rate , physics , archaeology , optics , history
Blood pressure is an important determinant of renal perfusion and acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in hospital patients. However, there is limited knowledge concerning the incidence of relative hypotension prior to its development in general wards.
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