The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Jan 2019
Meta AnalysisThe incidence and associations of acute kidney injury in trauma patients admitted to critical care: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
As more patients are surviving the initial effects of traumatic injury clinicians are faced with managing the systemic complications of severe tissue injury. Of these, acute kidney injury (AKI) may be a sentinel complication contributing to adverse outcomes. ⋯ Systematic review and meta-analysis, level III.