Kidney Injury Linked To Greater Risk Of Death Among Pneumonia Patients

Patients hospitalized with even mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia who develop acute kidney injury (AKI) are more likely to die after discharge than pneumonia patients whose kidneys remain healthy, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study in the February issue of Kidney International…

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on March 4th, 2010