A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF AETIOLOGY AND OUTCOME OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS
Keywords:
Acute kidney injury, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, glomerular filtration rateAbstract
Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI)describes the clinical syndrome earliercalled acute renal failure. AKI is defined asstructural or functional abnormality of thekidney that manifests with in 48 h, asdetermined by blood, urine, tissue tests or byimaging studies. AKI is depicted by rapid (over hours to days) decline in glomerular
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