Transient azotaemia is associated with a high risk of death in hospitalized patients
Author(s) -
S. Uchino,
Rinaldo Bellomo,
Sean M. Bagshaw,
Donna Goldsmith
Publication year - 2010
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/gfp624
Subject(s) - medicine , rifle , acute kidney injury , odds ratio , confounding , epidemiology , dialysis , confidence interval , logistic regression , kidney disease , archaeology , history
There are no suitably powered epidemiological studies of 'transient azotaemia' (TA). The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology of TA and its independent association with hospital mortality. We hypothesized that TA would be associated with an independent increase in the risk of death.
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