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Recognition and management of acute kidney injury
Author(s) -
Oates Thomas,
Moochhala Shabbir
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1556
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , referral , intensive care medicine , primary care , focus (optics) , medical emergency , family medicine , physics , optics
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with high morbidity and mortality, and early recognition is important. This article discusses the management of AKI in primary care with a focus on medicines optimisation, and describes when referral is necessary.