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Non-invasive measurement of renal perfusion and oxygen metabolism to predict postoperative acute kidney injury in neonates and infants after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.

BACKGROUND: The pathophysiology of acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery for congenital heart disease is not completely understood. The aim of this study was to carry out a prospective analysis of the diagnostic value of non-invasive monitoring of renal oxygenation and microcirculation by combining laser Doppler flowmetry and tissue spectrometry.

METHODS: In 50 neonates and infants who underwent repair (n = 31) or neonatal palliation (n = 19) of congenital heart disease with cardiopulmonary bypass, renal oxygenation, and microcirculatory flow, the approximate renal metabolic rate of oxygen and Doppler-based renal resistive index were determined after surgery. Correlations between these parameters and the occurrence of AKI according to the Pediatric Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, End Stage Renal Disease criteria were investigated.

RESULTS: Acute kidney injury occurred in 45% of patients after repair and in 32% after palliation. Renal oxygenation was significantly lower and the approximate renal metabolic rate of oxygen significantly higher in patients with AKI (P < 0.05). The microcirculatory flow was significantly higher in patients with AKI after neonatal palliation (P < 0.05), whereas renal resistive index was significantly higher in patients with AKI after repair (P < 0.05). The sensitivity of renal oxygenation, metabolic rate of oxygen, microcirculation, and resistive index in predicting AKI was 78-80, 73-78, 64-83, and 71-74%, respectively, with a specificity of 63-65, 54-75, 64-78, and 46-74% (area under the curve: 0.73-0.75, 0.68-0.83, 0.52-0.68, and 0.60-0.75), respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: Monitoring of renal oxygen metabolism allows early prediction of AKI in infants after cardiac surgery. In contrast, renal resistive index does not allow prediction of AKI after neonatal palliation with aortopulmonary shunt establishment.

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