Open AccessThe Rise of Prevalence and the Fall of Mortality of Patients with Acute Renal Failure
Author(s) -
Norbert Lameire,
Wim Van Biesen,
Raymond Vanholder
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.451
H-Index - 279
eISSN - 1533-3450
pISSN - 1046-6673
DOI - 10.1681/asn.2006020152
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine
Acute renal failure (ARF) remains one of the most enigmatic syndromes in nephrology, with reported incidence rates varying from 0.9 to 20% and mortality rates between 25 to 80% ([1][1]). There is little doubt that these discrepancies are caused by large differences in the definition of ARF ([2][2
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