Survival and Risk Factors Among Dialytic Acute Kidney Injury Patients After Cardiovascular Surgery

Abstract Objective: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent postoperative complication after cardiovascular surgery. It has been described as a predictor of decreased survival rates, but how dialysis decreases survival when initiated on the postoperative period has yet to be determined. To analyze...

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Main Authors: Andrea B. V. Silva, Agueda Maria Ruiz Zimmer Cavalcante, Fabio P. Taniguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382018000300277&lng=en&tlng=en