Predicting acute kidney injury following nonemergent cardiac surgery: A preoperative scorecard.

Ahmed T MokhtarKarthik TennankoreSteve DoucetteChristine R Herman

Published 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.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
cardiac surgery
patients undergoing
decision making
small cell lung cancer
epidermal growth factor receptor
tyrosine kinase