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Acute Kidney Injury

"Acute Kidney Injury" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Abrupt reduction in kidney function. Acute kidney injury encompasses the entire spectrum of the syndrome including acute kidney failure; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS; and other less severe conditions.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Acute Kidney Injury" by people in this website by year, and whether "Acute Kidney Injury" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 241 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2020
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