Time to peak bilirubin concentration and advanced AKI were associated with increased mortality in rheumatic heart valve replacement surgery patients with severe postoperative hyperbilirubinemia: a retrospective cohort study.
Xiaolan ChenMing BaiLijuan ZhaoYan YuYuan YueShiren SunXiangmei ChenPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2021)
Severe postoperative hyperbilirubinemia is a life-threatening complication in patients who undergo HVS for RHD. Patients whose bilirubin levels continued to increase past the 5th postoperative day and who had advanced AKI (stages 2 and 3) were associated with a higher risk of mortality.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- acute kidney injury
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- cardiovascular events
- newly diagnosed
- early onset
- minimally invasive
- chronic kidney disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- risk factors
- heart failure
- aortic valve
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- aortic stenosis
- drug induced
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery disease
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement