Defining acute kidney injury in database studies: the effects of varying the baseline kidney function assessment period and considering CKD status.

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Published in Am J Kidney Dis on July 29, 2010

Authors

Jean-Philippe Lafrance1, Donald R Miller

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA 01730, USA. jplaf@bu.edu

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