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Open Access 01-12-2015 | Letter

Predicting acute kidney injury in severe trauma. A biomarker breakthrough?

Authors: Patrick M. Honore, Rita Jacobs, Inne Hendrickx, Elisabeth De Waele, Viola Van Gorp, Herbert D. Spapen

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2015

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We read with great interest the recent article by Stewart et al. highlighting that urinary biomarkers of acute kidney injury (AKI) could identify combat injury patients at high risk of dying or requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Predicting acute kidney injury in severe trauma. A biomarker breakthrough?
Authors
Patrick M. Honore
Rita Jacobs
Inne Hendrickx
Elisabeth De Waele
Viola Van Gorp
Herbert D. Spapen
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-015-1150-z

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