Commentary: Deepening our understanding of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: New insights into prediction of persistent acute kidney injury and implications for management

[摘要] Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a dreaded and relatively common complication after cardiac surgery. Even mild forms of AKI have potentially adverse long-term effects.1 This has been globally recognized, and as a result, efforts to understand and treat cardiac-surgery–associated AKI (CSA-AKI) have been a growing trend. These include AKI prevention and hemodynamic optimization efforts, and more recently, stratification of the AKI spectrum. Specifically, the definition and importance of persistent AKI, and progression to acute kidney disease; 2 recently proposed terms that seek to bridge AKI to chronic kidney disease.

[学科分类] 心脏病和心血管学