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A 55-year-old woman known to have diabetes mellitus for 10 years and baseline creatinine of 1.5 mg/dL was transferred to a tertiary care hospital from a community hospital. She initially presented with a history of high grade fever for 1 week, decreased urine output for 3 days, and a 1-day history of altered sensorium. She had been treated at the community hospital for 2 days with intravenous crystalloids and antibiotics but showed continued deterioration.

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Capital District Renal Physicians, 62 Hackett Blvd., Albany, NY, 12209, USA

    Jorge Cerdá M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.S.N.

  2. Department of Nephrology, Apollo Hospitals, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 380054, India

    Shamik Shah M.B.B.S., M.D., D.N.B. (Nephrology)

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Cerdá, J., Shah, S. (2013). Management of Acute Kidney Injury. In: Lerma, E., Rosner, M. (eds) Clinical Decisions in Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4454-1_22

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