Unadjusted point of care creatinine results overestimate acute kidney injury incidence during field testing in Guatemala.

Unadjusted point of care creatinine results overestimate acute kidney injury incidence during field testing in Guatemala.

OBJECTIVE:Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs at high rates among agricultural workers (12-33%) in tropical environments. Because of the remote locations affected, traditional laboratory services are often unavailable. In this study we compare point of care (POC) creatinine values to standardized labor...

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Main Authors: Benjamin R Griffin, Jaime Butler-Dawson, Miranda Dally, Lyndsay Krisher, Alex Cruz, David Weitzenkamp, Cecilia Sorensen, Liliana Tenney, Richard J Johnson, Lee S Newman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6160126?pdf=render

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