It's all in our skin-Skin autofluorescence-A promising outcome predictor in cardiac surgery: A single centre cohort study.

Britt HofmannKristin Anja GerullKatja BlochMarcus RiemerChristian ErbsAnna FröhlichSissy RichterMartin EhrhardtChristopher ZitterbartFriederike Fee BartelPauline SiegelAndreas WienkeRolf-Edgar SilberAndreas Simm

Published in: PloS one (2020)

This finding suggests that skin autofluorescence is a good biomarker candidate to assess the perioperative risk of patients in cardiac surgery. Since the EuroSCORE does not contain a morbidity component, in our view further sAF measurement is an option.

Keyphrases

cardiac surgery
acute kidney injury
soft tissue
wound healing
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
patients undergoing
patient reported outcomes