Kidney injury linked to greater risk of death among pneumonia patients
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 11:42
in Health & Medicine
PITTSBURGH, March 2 -- 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.