Open AccessDialytic Treatment for Septic Patients with Acute Kidney Injury
Author(s) -
Andrew Davenport
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
kidney and blood pressure research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.806
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1423-0143
pISSN - 1420-4096
DOI - 10.1159/000326898
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , acute kidney injury , renal replacement therapy , dialysis , intensive care medicine , dialysis catheter , renal function , catheter , surgery
Sepsis is the commonest precipitating factor for acute kidney injury in hospitalised patients, and similarly patients with acute kidney injury are predisposed to sepsis. Mortality remains high despite improvements in supportive care.
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