Causes of death for intensive care survivors with and without acute kidney injury in 5-year follow-up.
Miikka NiittyvuopioSuvi T VaaraPasi P OhtonenVille PettiläJanne Henrik LiisananttiTero Ilmari Ala-KokkoPublished in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2020)
Cardiovascular causes and malignancies account for more than half of the causes of death in patients who had suffered AKI, while death from kidney disease after AKI is rare. Early cardiovascular deaths are more prevalent in AKI compared to non-AKI patients.