European journal of internal medicine
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · Jan 2020
Review Meta AnalysisNatriuretic peptides in acute kidney injury - A sojourn on parallel tracks?
The focus of this review was to elicit the mechanistic logic of the experimental and clinical study designs of natriuretic peptides (NP) in acute kidney injury (AKI) and to understand their respective outcomes. ⋯ Reasons for the divergence of experimental and clinical outcomes of NPs in AKI are discussed in this review article.