Hospital-acquired acute kidney injury: an analysis of baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate and in-hospital mortality.
CONCLUSION: Baseline eGFR was a potential risk factor for in-hospital mortality in HA-AKI. Serum Creatinine (SCr)-based definition of AKI needs to incorporate baseline eGFR to optimize or refine risk stratification.
PMID: 26498140 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)
