A new approach to acute renal failure.
The phrase pre-renal failure does not capture the subtleties of hemodynamic changes that result in low-normal blood pressure or volume and increased serum creatinine. Clarifying terms, normotensive ischemic acute renal failure and prerenal success, are reviewed.
Hirsch
Sheldon
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Michael Reese Hospital and Mercy Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA. shelman100@aol.com
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D009626:Terminology as Topic
D003404:Creatinine