Journal article
Preoperative Statin Use and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury is a frequent postoperative complication that confers increased mortality, morbidity, and costs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether preoperative statin use is associated with a decreased risk of postoperative acute kidney injury.
METHODS: We assembled a retrospective cohort of 98,939 patients who underwent a major open abdominal, cardiac, thoracic, or vascular procedure between 2000 and 2010. …
Authors
Brunelli SM; Waikar SS; Bateman BT; Chang TI; Lii J; Garg AX; Winkelmayer WC; Choudhry NK
Journal
The American Journal of Medicine, Vol. 125, No. 12, pp. 1195–1204.e3
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2012
DOI
10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.06.021
ISSN
0002-9343