Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) is independently associated with mortality in critically ill patients admitted to ICU.

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) was reported to be associated with mortality in heart failure patients. We aimed to evaluate admission BUN concentration in a heterogeneous critically ill patient collective admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) for prognostic relevance.A total of 4176 medical patients (...

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Main Authors: Okan Arihan, Bernhard Wernly, Michael Lichtenauer, Marcus Franz, Bjoern Kabisch, Johanna Muessig, Maryna Masyuk, Alexander Lauten, Paul Christian Schulze, Uta C Hoppe, Malte Kelm, Christian Jung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5784990?pdf=render