Independent association between acute renal failure and mortality following cardiac surgery.

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Published in Am J Med on April 01, 1998

Authors

G M Chertow1, E M Levy, K E Hammermeister, F Grover, J Daley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Early Versus Late Renal Replacement Therapy After Cardiac Surgery | NCT01961999

Influence of Elevated Baseline Serum Creatinine and Body Composition on Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery (InCreAS) | NCT02598271

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