Open AccessPresentation and survival of patients with severe acute kidney injury and multiple myeloma: a 20-year experience from a single centre
Author(s) -
Richard Haynes,
Simon Read,
Graham P. Collins,
Sarah C. Darby,
Christopher G. Winearls
Publication year - 2009
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/gfp488
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple myeloma , acute kidney injury , malignancy , creatinine , presentation (obstetrics) , kidney , surgery
Myeloma is the second most common haematological malignancy and is a cause of severe acute kidney injury (serum creatinine >or=500 micromol/L) that has long been associated with a poor prognosis, although previous series have been small.
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