Open AccessThe need to emphasize nephrology knowledge in residents-in-training
Author(s) -
Syed Ali Akbar,
Hafiz Imran Iqbal,
Umair Ahmed
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.170621
Subject(s) - medicine , medical education , nephrology , training (meteorology) , alternative medicine , family medicine , pathology , physics , meteorology
Chronic kidney disease is an increasingly prevalent health problem with the potential for poor outcome of end-stage renal disease. Hospitalized critically ill patients are prone to acute renal injury from numerous factors such as poor renal perfusion secondary to ischemia and hypotension, nephrotoxin exposure, and intravenous contrast exposure.