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Editorial
. 2023 Aug 1;18(8):988-990.
doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000225. Epub 2023 Jul 5.

Should We Really Still Be Using Creatinine in the Critical Care Setting?

Teresa K Chen  1 , Michael G Shlipak
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Editorial

Should We Really Still Be Using Creatinine in the Critical Care Setting?

Teresa K Chen et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. .
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Conflict of interest statement

T.K. Chen reports employment with San Francisco VA Health Care System and research funding from NIH/NIDDK and Yale University. M.G. Shlipak reports research funding from Bayer Pharmaceuticals; honoraria from AstraZeneca, Bayer, and Boehringer Ingelheim; patents or royalties from Kidney Health Monitoring in Hypertension Patients; advisory or leadership role as Board Member for Northern California Institute for Research and Education; role on the Editorial Boards of the American Journal of Kidney Disease, Circulation, and JASN; and other interests or relationships as Committee Member of the KDIGO Guidelines Committee.

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