Nephrology intervention to avoid acute kidney injury in patients awaiting cardiac surgery: randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) is a well-known complication that increases morbidity and mortality rates. The objective of this study was to reduce CSA-AKI through nephrologist intervention in patients awaiting cardiac surgery.

Methods

We performed a single center, open-label, randomized clinical trial including 380 patients who underwent scheduled cardiac surgery at the Hospital de Bellvitge between July 2015 and October 2019. A total of 184 patients were evaluated by the same Nephrologist one month before the surgery to minimize the risk factors for AKI. In addition to assessments at the outpatient clinic, we also collected clinical data during hospitalization and during the first year.

Results

Despite the intervention, no diff

SUBMITTER: Codina S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11599165 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature