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Correlation between parameters at initiation of renal replacement therapy and outcome in patients with acute kidney injury

Marlies Ostermann1* and René WS Chang2

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1 Department of Critical Care, Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7EH, UK

2 Department of Nephrology & Transplantation, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, SW17 0QT, UK

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Critical Care 2009, 13:R175 doi:10.1186/cc8154


See related commentary by Bouman and Forni, http://ccforum.com/content/14/1/107

Published: 4 November 2009

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Additional file 1:

Word file containing a table that lists the parameters at initiation of renal replacement therapy (RRT) and hospital outcome (Table S1 in Additional data file 1), a table that lists the correlation between different combinations of parameters at time of RRT and hospital mortality (Table S2 in Additional data file 1), and an additional table showing the results of a multivariate analysis of parameters on the day of RRT and the associated independent risk of hospital mortality (Table S3 in Additional data file 1).

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