Acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery is associated with mid-term but not long-term mortality: A cohort-based study.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) in cardiac surgery is associated with complications, early and late mortality and increased health care expenditures. The overall dynamic comorbidity-adjusted contributions of an episode of AKI on mortality during long-term follow-up have not been fully explored. A longitud...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Ferreiro, Raúl Lombardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5507329?pdf=render