Assessment of the renal angina index in patients hospitalized in a cardiac intensive care unit

Abstract The renal angina index (RAI) is a validated scoring tool for predicting acute kidney injury (AKI). We investigated the efficacy of the RAI in 2436 heterogeneous patients (mean age, 70 years) treated in cardiac intensive care units (CICUs). The RAI was calculated from creatinine and patient...

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Main Authors: Eirin Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Naruse, Yuya Ishihara, Hidekazu Hattori, Akira Yamada, Hideki Kawai, Takashi Muramatsu, Yoshiki Tsuboi, Ryosuke Fujii, Koji Suzuki, Junnichi Ishii, Kuniaki Saito, Masayoshi Sarai, Masanobu Yanase, Yukio Ozaki, Hideo Izawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-51086-0