Risk factors for developing acute kidney injury in older people with diabetes and community-acquired pneumonia: a population-based UK cohort study

Abstract Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is being increasingly recognised in ageing populations. There are a paucity of data about AKI risk factors among older individuals with diabetes and infections, who are at particularly high risk of AKI. The objective of this study was to evaluate the ris...

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Main Authors: Anu Jain, Helen I. McDonald, Dorothea Nitsch, Laurie Tomlinson, Sara L. Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-017-0566-x