Marco Simonini, Chiara Lanzani, Elena Bignami, Nunzia Casamassima, Elena Frati, Roberta Meroni, Elisabetta Messaggio, Ottavio Alfieri, John Hamlyn, Simon C Body, C David Collard, Alberto Zangrillo, Paolo Manunta
BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an important complication of cardiac surgery. Recently, elevated levels of endogenous ouabain (EO), an adrenal stress hormone with haemodynamic and renal effects, have been associated with worse renal outcome after cardiac surgery. Our aim was to develop and evaluate a new risk model of AKI using simple preoperative clinical parameters and to investigate the utility of EO. METHODS: The primary outcome was AKI according to Acute Kidney Injury Network stage II or III...
September 2014: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation