Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiothoracic Surgery

Daniel L Arellano

doi:10.1016/j.cnc.2019.05.008

Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiothoracic Surgery

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2019 Sep;31(3):407-417. doi: 10.1016/j.cnc.2019.05.008. Epub 2019 Jun 11.

Author

Daniel L Arellano¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Undergraduate Studies, Cizik School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Room # 775, 6901 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Department of Critical Care, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: Daniel.L.Arellano@uth.tmc.edu.

PMID: 31351558
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2019.05.008

Abstract

This article reviews acute kidney injury following cardiothoracic surgery, addressing the full spectrum of the perioperative environment including preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative factors for acute kidney injury. Topics discussed include pathophysiology, risk prediction scoring, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and new directions for research.

Keywords: Acute kidney injury; Biomarkers; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Cardiothoracic surgery; KDIGO guidelines; Renal failure; Renal replacement therapy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / etiology
Acute Kidney Injury / physiopathology*
Acute Kidney Injury / prevention & control
Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Humans
Postoperative Complications*
Risk Factors
Thoracic Surgery*