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SUBMITTER: Chen YT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7268535 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Yih-Ting YT Jenq Chang-Chyi CC Hsu Cheng-Kai CK Yu Yi-Ching YC Chang Chih-Hsiang CH Fan Pei-Chun PC Pan Heng-Chih HC Wu I-Wen IW Cherng Wen-Jin WJ Chen Yung-Chang YC
BMC nephrology 20200601 1
<h4>Background</h4>Acute kidney disease (AKD) describes acute or subacute damage and/or loss of kidney function for a duration of between 7 and 90 days after exposure to an acute kidney injury (AKI) initiating event. This study investigated the predictive ability of AKI biomarkers in predicting AKD in coronary care unit (CCU) patients.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 269 (mean age: 64 years; 202 (75%) men and 67 (25%) women) patients admitted to the CCU of a tertiary care teaching hospital from Novemb ...[more]