Acute kidney injury is associated with subsequent infection in neonates after the Norwood procedure: a retrospective chart review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute kidney injury (AKI) and infection are common complications after pediatric cardiac surgery. No pediatric study has evaluated for an association between postoperative AKI and infection. The objective of this study was to determine if AKI in neonates after cardiopulmonary bypass was associated with the development of a postoperative infection.

Methods

We performed a single center retrospective chart review from January 2009 to December 2015 of neonates (age ≤ 30 days) undergoing the Norwood procedure. AKI was defined by the modified neonatal Kidney Disease Improving Global outcomes serum creatinine criteria using (1) measured serum creatinine and (2) creatinine corrected for fluid balance on postoperative days 1-4. Infection, (culture positive or presumed), mu

SUBMITTER: SooHoo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6326095 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature