Acute kidney injury is associated with higher mortality and healthcare costs in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis

Introduction and Objectives: AKI is known to be associated with increased risk of mortality, however limited information is available on how AKI impacts healthcare costs and resource utilization in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis. Previous studies have had variable definitions of AKI, resulting...

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Main Authors: Raffi Karagozian, Gaurav Bhardwaj, Dorothy B. Wakefield, Elizabeth C. Verna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119303473