Perioperative body weight change is associated with in-hospital mortality in cardiac surgical patients with postoperative acute kidney injury.

Perioperative body weight change is associated with in-hospital mortality in cardiac surgical patients with postoperative acute kidney injury.

Postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) is common following cardiac surgery (CS). Body weight (BW) may be an amenable variable by representing the summation of the nutritional and the fluid status. However, the predictive role of perioperative BW changes in CS patients with severe postoperative AKI...

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Main Authors: Chih-Chung Shiao, Ya-Ting Huang, Tai-Shuan Lai, Tao-Min Huang, Jian-Jhong Wang, Chun-Te Huang, Pei-Chen Wu, Che-Hsiung Wu, I-Jung Tsai, Li-Jung Tseng, Chih-Hsien Wang, Tzong-Shinn Chu, Kwan-Dun Wu, Vin-Cent Wu, National Taiwan University Hospital Study Group on Acute Renal Failure (NSARF)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5693407?pdf=render

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