Acute kidney injury linked to increased risk of death in heart patients
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 08:22
in Health & Medicine
Acute kidney injury (AKI), a common complication of cardiac surgery during hospitalisation, is linked to increased and prolonged risk of death in heart attack patients who have been discharged from the hospital, according to a study published in Archives of Internal Medicine by Yale School of Medicine researchers...
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