Journal article
Postoperative Biomarkers Predict Acute Kidney Injury and Poor Outcomes after Adult Cardiac Surgery
Abstract
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of cardiac surgery and increases morbidity and mortality. The identification of reliable biomarkers that allow earlier diagnosis of AKI in the postoperative period may increase the success of therapeutic interventions. Here, we conducted a prospective, multicenter cohort study involving 1219 adults undergoing cardiac surgery to evaluate whether early postoperative measures of urine IL-18, …
Authors
Parikh CR; Coca SG; Thiessen-Philbrook H; Shlipak MG; Koyner JL; Wang Z; Edelstein CL; Devarajan P; Patel UD; Zappitelli M
Journal
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 22, No. 9, pp. 1748–1757
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
September 2011
DOI
10.1681/asn.2010121302
ISSN
1046-6673