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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