Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 45-49 , February 2009

Local experience with the use of sustained low efficiency dialysis for acute renal failure

  • Reena Patel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Middlemore Hospital, New Zealand
    • School of Nursing, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Nursing, Faculty of Medical & Health Science, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. Tel.: +64 21 1026743.
  • ,
  • Alison M. Pirret

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Middlemore Hospital, New Zealand
    • Massey University, New Zealand
  • ,
  • S. Mann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Middlemore Hospital, New Zealand
  • ,
  • Claire L. Sherring

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Middlemore Hospital, New Zealand

,Accepted 7 September 2008.

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PII: S0964-3397(08)00091-8

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2008.09.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 45-49 , February 2009