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Challenges of defining acute kidney injury by OSTERMANN, M, CHANG, R. W. S

“…Until recently, there was a lack of a uniform definition for acute kidney injury (AKI). The 'acute renal injury/acute renal failure syndrome/severe acute renal…”
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Prognosis of acute renal failure: an evaluation of proposed consensus criteria by OSTERMANN, M. E, CHANG, R. W. S

“…To validate the recently proposed criteria for acute renal injury (ARI), acute renal failure syndrome (ARFS) and severe acute renal failure syndrome (SARFS)…”
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Reduction in mortality after inappropriate early discharge from intensive care unit: logistic regression triage model by Daly, Kathleen, Beale, R, Chang, R W S

“…Abstract Objective: To develop a predictive model to triage patients for discharge from intensive care units to reduce mortality after discharge. Design:…”
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Hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic living donor nephrectomy: first UK experience by Fronek, J. P. J., Chang, R. W. S., Morsy, M. A.

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Black renal transplant recipients have poorer long-term graft survival than CYP3A5 expressers from other ethnic groups by Ng, Fu Liang, Holt, David W., Chang, Rene W. S., MacPhee, Iain A. M.

“…Background. African American transplant recipients have poorer long-term outcomes than Caucasian Americans. This difference was not found in French patients,…”
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An analysis of the utilisation of an intensive care unit by JACOBS, S, CHANG, R. W. S, LEE, B

“…We monitored the response to intensive care of 480 patients by calculating the difference in their organ failure score on the day of admission and that on the…”
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Prediction of outcome in patients with acute variceal haemorrhage by Jacobs, S, Chang, R W, Lee, B, al Rawaf, A, Pace, N C, Salam, I

“…Prediction of outcome in 87 patients following acute bleeding oesophageal and gastric varices due to portal hypertension from chronic liver disease was studied…”
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Total parenteral nutrition: a four-year audit by Chang, R W, Hatton, I, Henley, J, Richardson, R, Egail, S

“…A four-year audit was carried out on 278 patients who received 289 courses of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) over 5213 patient days in a Saudi Arabian…”
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Survival of sub-optimal cadaver renal grafts with prolonged cold ischaemic times using cyclosporin by Chang, R W, Saltissi, D, Al-Khader, A, Abomelha, M, Jawdat, M

“…Between September 1983 and December 1985, 33 cadaver kidneys with prolonged ischaemic times (mean 47.3 +/- 11.0 h), and frequently in problematic conditions,…”
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Individual outcome prediction models for intensive care units by Chang, R W

“…Prognostic criteria based on static analysis of group statistics do not help much in decisions to withhold or withdraw therapy from intensive care unit (ICU)…”
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Predicting outcome among intensive care unit patients using computerised trend analysis of daily Apache II scores corrected for organ system failure by Chang, R W, Jacobs, S, Lee, B

“…Daily Apache II scores were determined prospectively on 310 consecutive adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients to reflect the dynamic pathophysiological…”
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Non-heart beating donors as a source of kidneys by Wing, A J, Chang, R W S

“…The issues surrounding non-heart beating organ donors are discussed in an editorial. At times, the gradual rate of death may damage the organs, especially…”
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EUROPEAN MULTICENTER STUDY COMPARING A DUAL VS. TRIPLE LOW-DOSE TACROLIMUS REGIMEN IN RENAL TRANSPLANTATION by Chang, R. W. S., Fernando, O., Kashi, S., Kwan, J., Neild, G. H., Nicholson, M., Palmer, A., Perner, F.

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How should cadaver kidneys be allocated? by Chang, R W

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Continuous Enteral Feeding: A Major Cause of Pneumonia among Ventilated Intensive Care Unit Patients by Jacobs, Sydney, Chang, René W.S., Lee, Berni, Bartlett, Frank W.

“…Continuous enteral feeding is widely practiced in intensive care units (ICU). We found that pneumonia developed in 54% of 24 ventilated patients on continuous…”
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Predicting deaths among intensive care unit patients by Chang, R W, Jacobs, S, Lee, B, Pace, N

“…Daily APACHE II assessments to reflect the dynamic pathophysiologic processes affecting ICU patients were carried out prospectively on 212 adult ICU admissions…”
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Prediction of outcome in non–heart-beating kidney transplantation by Andrews, P.A, Compton, F, Koffman, C.G, Bewick, M, Chang, R.W.S

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Renal-transplantation in older patients by Chang, R W

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Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE II) scoring in a cardiothoracic intensive care unit by Turner, J S, Mudaliar, Y M, Chang, R W, Morgan, C J

“…To evaluate the predictive value of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) scoring system in cardiothoracic surgical patients…”
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Accuracy of decisions to withdraw therapy in critically ill patients: clinical judgment versus a computer model by Chang, R W, Lee, B, Jacobs, S

“…Two clinicians and the nursing sisters working in the ICU evaluated the chance of survival of ICU patients every day. Patients were assessed either as "outcome…”
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