AKI: not just a short-term problem?

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, †Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

Matthew T James et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Mar.

. 2014 Mar;9(3):435-6.

doi: 10.2215/CJN.00500114. Epub 2014 Feb 13.

¹ Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, †Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Epidemiology and outcomes; acute renal failure; cardiovascular disease.

Comment on

Association between AKI and long-term renal and cardiovascular outcomes in United States veterans.
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