Predicting acute kidney injury following nonemergent cardiac surgery: A preoperative scorecard.
Ahmed T MokhtarKarthik TennankoreSteve DoucetteChristine R HermanPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
Preoperative eGFR is the strongest predictor of postoperative AKI in individuals undergoing nonemergent cardiac surgery. A practical scorecard incorporating preoperative predictors of AKI may allow informed decision-making and predict AKI following nonemergent cardiac surgery.