title: Can we rely on blood urea nitrogen as a biomarker to determine when to initiate dialysis?
authors: Sushrut S
authors: SS
authors: Waikar
authors: Joseph V
authors: JV
authors: Bonventre
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D053099:Azotemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers