Podcasts Health & Fitness Medicine The AJN Podcast Interview with Mary Vrtis, author of Preventing and Responding to Acute Kidney Injury (April 2013)

Interview with Mary Vrtis, author of Preventing and Responding to Acute Kidney Injury (April 2013)

Published: March 25, 2013, 9:07 p.m.

b'\\n\\u201cAcute kidney injury is an independent risk factor for both prolonged length of hospital stay and in-hospital mortality.\\u201d Incidence rates among patients in US ICUs ranges from 22% to as high as 57%. Vrtis talks with AJN editor in chief Shawn Kennedy about the importance of assessing early indicators and implications for nurses.'