Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Heart Failure
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Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Heart Failure
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is very common in pediatric medical and surgical cardiac patients. Not only is it an independent risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality in the short run, but repeated episodes of AKI lead to chronic kidney disease (CKD) especially in the most vulnerable hosts with multiple risk factors, such as heart transplant recipients. The cardiorenal syndrome, a term co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Cardiology Reviews
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1573-403X
DOI: 10.2174/1573403x12666151119165628