Renal ultrasound provides low utility in evaluating cardiac surgery associated acute kidney injury

Renal ultrasound provides low utility in evaluating cardiac surgery associated acute kidney injury

Abstract Background Renal ultrasonography is part of the algorithm in assessing acute kidney injury (AKI). The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical utility of renal US in postoperative cardiac patients who develop AKI. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 90 postoperative cardia...

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Main Authors: Allen Young, Todd Crawford, Alejandro Suarez Pierre, J. Trent Magruder, Charles Fraser, John Conte, Glenn Whitman, Christopher Sciortino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Cardiac
Kidney
Renal function failure
Dialysis
Ultrasound
Postoperative care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-017-0637-x

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