Risk factors and outcome of hospital-acquired acute renal failure: clinical epidemiologic study
N Shusterman, BL Strom, TG Murray, G Morrison… - The American journal of …, 1987 - Elsevier
In order to evaluate potential risk factors for the development of hospital-acquired acute
renal failure, a case-control study was performed, comparing patients with hospital-acquired
acute renal failure with control subjects matched on age, sex, hospital, service of admission,
and baseline renal function. The same patients were then reanalyzed utilizing a cohort study
design to investigate outcomes from this syndrome. The following elevated odds ratios (95
percent confidence interval) were found while simultaneously adjusting for possible …
renal failure, a case-control study was performed, comparing patients with hospital-acquired
acute renal failure with control subjects matched on age, sex, hospital, service of admission,
and baseline renal function. The same patients were then reanalyzed utilizing a cohort study
design to investigate outcomes from this syndrome. The following elevated odds ratios (95
percent confidence interval) were found while simultaneously adjusting for possible …