QJM Advance Access originally published online on January 30, 2008
QJM 2008 101(3):249-250; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcn001
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Transfer of patients with acute kidney injury to specialist renal services—physiological early-warning systems, applied prior to transfer from outside hospitals, can identify those at risk of deterioration*
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Sir,
The UK National Service Framework for Renal Services1—a template for both clinical practice and organization—acknowledges the variety of settings in which acute kidney injury (AKI) may be managed. However, specialist renal management may well be needed for those whose case complexity or severity requires transfer from non-specialist hospitals or for those receiving single-organ (renal) support on
Department of Renal Medicine
Freeman Hospital
High Heaton
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE7 7DN, UK
email: suren.kanagasundaram@nuth.nhs.uk