What are the factors affecting the progression of kidney failure, mortality and morbidity after cardiac surgery in patients with chronic kidney disease?
Acute kidney injury occurs in as many as 40% of patients after cardiac surgery and requires dialysis in 1% of cases and associated with an increased risk of mortality and morbidity, predisposes patients to a longer hospitalization, requires additional treatments, and increases the hospital costs. We aimed to investigate the factors affecting the progression of kidney disease during cardiac surgery in preoperative chronic kidney disease patients (CKD)
Journal of cardiac surgery