American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 6 , Page 1199 , December 2008

In Reply to ‘The Pathogenesis of Acute Kidney Injury May Differ Between Elderly and Younger Patients’

  • Roland Schmitt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
    • ,
  • Steve S. Coca, MD

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
    • ,
  • Chiragh C. Parikh, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

References 

  1. Schiffl H: The pathogenesis of acute kidney injury may differ between elderly and younger patients. Am J Kidney Dis 52:1198-1199, 2009
  2. Schmitt R, Coca S, Kanab M, et al. Recovery of kidney function after acute kidney injury in the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;52:262–271
  3. Schiffl H. Renal recovery from acute tubular necrosis requiring renal replacement therapy: A prospective study in critically ill patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2006;21:1248–1252
  4. Schiffl H, Fischer R. Five-year outcomes of severe acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008;23:2235–2241

PII: S0272-6386(08)01427-3

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.09.017

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 6 , Page 1199 , December 2008

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