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Simplified approach for the assessment of kidney perfusion and acute kidney injury at the bedside using contrast-enhanced ultrasound

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  1. Department of Surgery and Surgical Intensive Care, University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany

    Ivan Göcze, Philipp Renner, Hans J. Schlitt & Karin Pfister

  2. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany

    Bernhard M. Graf & Thomas Bein

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The study was approved by the local institutional review board (Ethikkommision Universität Regensburg, no 13-101-0147).

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Göcze, I., Renner, P., Graf, B.M. et al. Simplified approach for the assessment of kidney perfusion and acute kidney injury at the bedside using contrast-enhanced ultrasound. Intensive Care Med 41, 362–363 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3554-7

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