Acute kidney injury: time to shift from creatinine to the estimated glomerular filtration rate?

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Giuseppe Lippi et al. Crit Care. 2008.

. 2008;12(4):423; author reply 423.

doi: 10.1186/cc6936. Epub 2008 Jul 25.

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Acute Kidney Injury Network: report of an initiative to improve outcomes in acute kidney injury.
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