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Defining acute renal failure: physiological principles

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  1. Department of Intensive Care and Division of Surgery, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, 3084, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Rinaldo Bellomo

  2. Division of Critical Care Medicine, Scaife Hall, University of Pittsburgh Medial Centre, Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA

    John A. Kellum

  3. Divisione di Nefrologia, Ospedale San Bortolo, Via Ridolfi, 36100, Vicenza, Italy

    Claudio Ronco

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Bellomo, R., Kellum, J.A. & Ronco, C. Defining acute renal failure: physiological principles. Intensive Care Med 30, 33–37 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-2078-3

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