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A nephrologist should be consulted in all cases of acute kidney injury in the ICU: yes

Authors: Hans Flaatten, Michael Darmon

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2017

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“No man is an island”. John Donne (1572–1631) …

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Title: A nephrologist should be consulted in all cases of acute kidney injury in the ICU: yes
Authors: Hans Flaatten
Michael Darmon
Publication date: 01-06-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4790-4

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