NDT Plus Advance Access originally published online on October 1, 2009
NDT Plus 2009 2(6):506; doi:10.1093/ndtplus/sfp142
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H1N1 infection and acute kidney injury in the critically ill
1 Nephrology Service, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires
2 Nephrology Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina E-mail: htrimarchi@hotmail.com
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Sir,
Acute renal failure due to viral infections rarely occurs. We assessed the development of acute kidney injury in critically compromised patients due to H1N1 influenza virus. All patients with PCR-confirmed diagnosis of H1N1 infection between May and July 2009 were retrospectively studied. Thereafter, the risk factors associated with the development of acute renal injury, the requirements