Association between preoperative renin-angiotensin system inhibitor use and postoperative acute kidney injury risk in patients with hypertension .
CONCLUSION: The preoperative use of RAS inhibitors in hypertensive patients was associated with a lower incidence of AKI following noncardiac surgery, and this association was not significant in the subgroup population without CHF.
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Source: Clinical Nephrology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Xu N, Long Q, He T, Liu X, Dai H, Lu Y, Wen J, Wu Q, Yuan H Tags: Clin Nephrol Source Type: research
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