Journal of Critical Care
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 206-212 , April 2011

Renal injury study in critical ill patients in accordance with the new definition given by the Acute Kidney Injury Network

  • Nelson Javier Fonseca Ruiz, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, University Bolivariana Clinic, Medellin, Colombia
    • Intensive Care Unit, CORBIC Institute, Medellin, Colombia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Diana Paola Cuesta Castro, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Pontificia Bolivariana University, Medellin, Colombia
    • ,
  • Ana Milena Mesa Guerra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pontificia Bolivariana University, Medellin, Colombia
    • Seedbed Investigation Medicine Faculty (SIFAM), Pontificia Bolivariana University, Medellin, Colombia
    • ,
  • Francisco Molina Saldarriaga, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, University Bolivariana Clinic, Medellin, Colombia
    • Intensive Care Unit, CORBIC Institute, Medellin, Colombia
    • ,
  • Juan Diego Montejo Hernández, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pontificia Bolivariana University, Medellin Clinic, Colombia

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☆ Financial support: Integrated Center for Research Development, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.

☆☆ The authors have not disclosed any potential conflicts of interest in relation to this manuscript.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.06.011

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 206-212 , April 2011

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