Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Community-Acquired versus Hospital-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury: A Meta-Analysis

• Main Authors: Linxi Huang (Author), Cheng Xue (Author), Jianke Kuai (Author), Mengna Ruan (Author), Bo Yang (Author), Xujiao Chen (Author), Yu Zhang (Author), Yixin Qian (Author), Jun Wu (Author), Xuezhi Zhao (Author), Changlin Mei (Author), Jing Xu (Author), Zhiguo Mao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The different clinical characteristics of community-acquired acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) versus hospital-acquired AKI (HA-AKI) have remained inconclusive, and thus, a meta-analysis was conducted to summarize and quantify the clinical significance distinguishing the 2 types of AKI. Metho...