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Published in: Critical Care 1/2007

01-02-2007 | Letter

Acute renal failure in critically ill HIV-infected patients

Authors: José António Lopes, Joana Fernandes, Sofia Jorge, José Neves, Francisco Antunes, Mateus Martins Prata

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2007

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Abstract

Acute renal failure (ARF) is common among hospitalized HIV-infected patients [1]. To our knowledge, however, data regarding ARF in HIV-infected patients in the intensive care unit are still lacking.
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go back to reference Bellomo R, Ronco C, Kellum JA, Mehta RL, Palevsky P, the ADQI Workgroup: Acute renal failure – definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs: the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group. Crit Care 2004, 8: R204-R212. 10.1186/cc2872PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed Bellomo R, Ronco C, Kellum JA, Mehta RL, Palevsky P, the ADQI Workgroup: Acute renal failure – definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs: the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group. Crit Care 2004, 8: R204-R212. 10.1186/cc2872PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
Acute renal failure in critically ill HIV-infected patients
Authors
José António Lopes
Joana Fernandes
Sofia Jorge
José Neves
Francisco Antunes
Mateus Martins Prata
Publication date
01-02-2007
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc5141

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