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The association of post-lung transplant acute kidney injury with mortality is independent of primary graft dysfunction: A cohort study.

Michael G S ShashatyCaitlin M ForkerTodd A MianoQufei WuWei YangMichelle L OysterMary K PorteousEdward E CantuJoshua M DiamondJason D Christie
Published in: Clinical transplantation (2019)
Post-lung transplant AKI risk factors and association of AKI with mortality were independent of PGD. AKI may therefore be a target for improving lung transplant mortality rather than simply an epiphenomenon of PGD.
Keyphrases
  • acute kidney injury
  • risk factors
  • cardiac surgery
  • cardiovascular events
  • oxidative stress
  • coronary artery disease
  • type diabetes