Acute renal failure: recognition and treatment in ward patients.
Nurses play a key role in the prevention and early detection of acute renal failure (ARF). This article provides an overview of patients in general ward settings who are at greatest risk of developing ARF and outlines the appropriate nursing interventions to assist diagnosis, prevention and management of this condition.
Redmond
Avril
A
Belfast City Hospital. avril.redmond@bch.n-i.nhs.uk
McDevitt
Mary
M
Barnes
Susie
S
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D012307:Risk Factors