Meta-analysis for outcomes of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to investigate the outcomes of acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery by the meta-analysis.Electronic databases PubMed and Embase were searched for relative studies from December 2008 to June 2015. For eligible studies, the R software was conducted to meta-analyze outcomes of AKI patients (AKI group) and none-AKI patients after cardiac surgery (NO AKI group). The chi-square-based Q test and I statistic were used for heterogeneity analysis. P < 0.1 or I > 50% revealed significant heterogeneity among studies, and then a random effects model was used; otherwise a fixed effect model was performed. Egger's test was performed for publication bias assessment. Subgroup analysis was performed by stratifying AKI definitions and study type.Totally 17 studies with 9656 subjec

SUBMITTER: Shi Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5266033 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature