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Stucker et al. BMC Nephrology (2017) 18:380 DOI 10.1186/s12882-017-0792-2
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Risk factors for community-acquired acute kidney injury in patients with and without chronic kidney injury and impact of its initial management on prognosis: a prospective observational study Fabien Stucker1, Belen Ponte2, Victoria De la Fuente3, Cyrielle Alves3, Olivier Rutschmann4, Sebastian Carballo3, Nicolas Vuilleumier5, Pierre-Yves Martin2, Thomas Perneger6 and Patrick Saudan2*
Abstract Background: We aimed to describe clinical characteristics of patients with community-acquired acute kidney injury (CA-AKI), the effectiveness of initial management of CA-AKI, its prognosis and the impact of medication on its occurrence in patients with previous chronic kidney injury (CKI). Methods: We undertook a prospective observational study within the Emergency Department (ED) of a University Hospital, screening for any patient >16 years admitted with an eGFR
