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Comment
. 2018 Nov:2:93.
doi: 10.21037/jeccm.2018.10.17. Epub 2018 Nov 7.

The impact of acute kidney injury on frailty status in critical illness survivors-is there enough evidence?

Victor Ortiz-Soriano  1 , Javier A Neyra  1
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Comment

The impact of acute kidney injury on frailty status in critical illness survivors-is there enough evidence?

Victor Ortiz-Soriano et al. J Emerg Crit Care Med. 2018 Nov.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Overview of the potential interplay between frailty and acute kidney injury. AKI, acute kidney injury; BP, blood pressure; CKD, chronic kidney disease; ESRD, end-stage renal disease.
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