The severity of initial acute kidney injury at admission of geriatric patients significantly correlates with subsequent in-hospital complications

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with higher hospital mortality. However, the relationship between geriatric AKI and in-hospital complications is unclear. We prospectively enrolled elderly patients (≥65 years) from general medical wards of National Taiwan University Hospital, part of whom pre...

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Main Authors: Chao, Chia-Ter, Tsai, Hung-Bin, Wu, Chia-Yi, Lin, Yu-Feng, Hsu, Nin-Chieh, Chen, Jin-Shing, Hung, Kuan-Yu
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564739/