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- Title
Impact of body mass on incidence and prognosis of acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy.
- Authors
Druml, Wilfred; Metnitz, Barbara; Schaden, Eva; Bauer, Peter; Metnitz, Philipp G H
- Abstract
In patients with chronic kidney disease, survival has been shown to be better with increasing body mass, an observation which was termed the "obesity paradox". To investigate if such an effect would also be present in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), we analysed the impact of body mass on the prognosis of intensive care patients with severe AKI requiring renal replacement therapy.
- Publication
Intensive care medicine, 2010, Vol 36, Issue 7, p1221
- ISSN
1432-1238
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-010-1844-2