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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 1/2004

01-01-2004 | Physiological Note

Defining acute renal failure: physiological principles

Authors: Rinaldo Bellomo, John A. Kellum, Claudio Ronco

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 1/2004

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Definitions are never “right” or “wrong”. They are simply more or less “useful” for a given purpose. The same is true of the clinical syndrome of acute renal failure (ARF), which is common in the ICU [1, 2]. In many ways, its nature and epidemiology resemble those of other loosely defined ICU syndromes, such as sepsis or ARDS. In this physiological note, however, we wish to focus on how our understanding of renal physiology can be used to guide the definition of ARF. …
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Metadata
Title
Defining acute renal failure: physiological principles
Authors
Rinaldo Bellomo
John A. Kellum
Claudio Ronco
Publication date
01-01-2004
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 1/2004
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-2078-3

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