Impact of a clinical pathway on acute kidney injury in patients undergoing heart transplant.

Claudia A AlgazeTristan D MargetsonScott M SutherlandDavid M KwiatkowskiKatsuhide MaedaManchula NavaratnamSarah P SamrethElizabeth P PriceNina B ZookJeffrey K YangSeth A Hollander

Published in: Pediatric transplantation (2021)

This report describes a renal protection clinical pathway associated with a reduction in perioperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing heart transplant and highlights the importance of normalizing perioperative central venous pressure and mean arterial blood pressure to support optimal renal perfusion.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
blood pressure
heart failure

cardiac surgery
atrial fibrillation
type diabetes

hypertensive patients
computed tomography
acute kidney injury

magnetic resonance
skeletal muscle