Estimated glomerular filtration rate is an early biomarker of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) diagnosis is still based on serum creatinine and diuresis. However, increases in creatinine are typically delayed 48 h or longer after injury. Our aim was to determine the utility of routine postoperative renal function blood tests, to predict AKI one or 2 days...

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Main Authors: Ángel Candela-Toha, María Carmen Pardo, Teresa Pérez, Alfonso Muriel, Javier Zamora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Nefrología (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2013251418301408