Open AccessPredictors of Health Utility among 60-Day Survivors of Acute Kidney Injury in the Veterans Affairs/National Institutes of Health Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study
Author(s) -
Kirsten L. Johansen,
Mark W. Smith,
Mark Unruh,
Andrew Siroka,
Theresa O’Connor,
Paul M. Palevsky
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.02570310
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , acute kidney injury , veterans affairs , intensive care unit , kidney disease , renal replacement therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , randomized controlled trial , prospective cohort study , intensive care , nursing
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after acute kidney injury (AKI) is an area of great importance to patients. It was hypothesized that HRQOL after AKI would relate to intensity of dialysis during AKI and dialysis dependence at follow-up.