Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Acute renal failure – definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs: the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group. | Available online http content 8 4 R204 Research Acute renal failure - definition outcome measures animal models fluid therapy and information technology needs the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative ADQI Group Rinaldo Bellomo1 Claudio Ronco2 John A Kellum3 Ravindra L Mehta4 Paul Palevsky5 and the ADQI workgroup6 Department of Intensive Care and Medicine Austin Health Melbourne Australia 2Department of Nephrology San Bortolo Hospital Vicenza Italy 3Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Medicine University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Renal Section VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA 4Department of Medicine University of California San Diego California USA 5Department of Medicine University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Renal Section VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA 6For a complete list of authors see Appendix 1 Corresponding author Rinaldo Bellomo Open Access Received 27 March 2004 Accepted 22 April 2004 Published 24 May 2004 Critical Care 2004 8 R204-R212 DOI cc2872 This article is online at http content 8 4 R204 2004 Bellomo et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Introduction There is no consensus definition of acute renal failure ARF in critically ill patients. More than 30 different definitions have been used in the literature creating much confusion and making comparisons difficult. Similarly strong debate exists on the validity and clinical relevance of animal models of ARF on choices of fluid management and of end-points for trials of new interventions in this field and on how information technology can be used to assist this process. Accordingly we sought to review the available evidence .
