Open AccessTwo acute kidney injury risk scores for critically ill cancer patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Xue-zhong Xing,
Haijun Wang,
Changqing Huang,
Qingyun Yang,
Shi-ning Qu,
Hao Zhang,
Hao Wang,
Yong Gao,
Qing-ling Xiao,
Kelin Sun
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1920-8642
DOI - 10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2012.04.007
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , confidence interval , receiver operating characteristic , critically ill , incidence (geometry) , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , optics , physics
Several risk scoures have been used in predicting acute kidney injury (AKI) of patients undergoing general or specific operations such as cardiac surgery. This study aimed to evaluate the use of two AKI risk scores in patients who underwent non-cardiac surgery but required intensive care.