Incidence and Impact of Acute Kidney Injury after Liver Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis.
Charat ThongprayoonWisit KaewputNatanong ThamcharoenTarun BathiniKanramon WatthanasuntornPloypin LertjitbanjongKonika SharmaSohail Abdul SalimPatompong UngprasertKarn WijarnpreechaPaul Thomas KrönerNarothama Reddy AeddulaMichael A MaoWisit CheungpasitpornPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2019)
The overall estimated incidence rates of post-LTx AKI and severe AKI requiring RRT are 40.8% and 7.0%, respectively. There are significant associations of post-LTx AKI with increased mortality and graft failure after transplantation. Furthermore, the incidence of post-LTx AKI has remained stable over the ten years of the study.