Association of pre-operative estimated GFR on post-operative pulmonary complications in laparoscopic surgeries

Abstract Despite a large body of evidence showing the pandemic of chronic kidney disease, the impact of pre-operative kidney function on the risk of post-operative pulmonary complications (PPCs) is not well known. We used multivariable logistic regression analyses with 3-level hierarchical adjustmen...

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Main Authors: Akihiro Shimomura, Yoshitsugu Obi, Reza Fazl Alizadeh, Shiri Li, Ninh T. Nguyen, Michael J. Stamos, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Hirohito Ichii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06842-4