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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue 7, Pages 957-+Publisher
EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.06.041
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Renal insufficiency (RI), as represented by elevated serum creatinine (> 1.5 mg/dl) on admission, is common and found in almost half of patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure. This finding is associated with prolongation of length of stay and rate of rehospitalizations after discharge and also has an independent unfavorable effect on 6-month mortality. Similarly, an increase in serum creatinine (>0.5 mg/ dl) in the hospital results in a significantly longer length of stay and has an independent effect on long-term mortality. (C) 2004 by Excerpta Medica, Inc.
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