Serum Creatinine and Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate: Independent Predictors of Renal Replacement Therapy following Cardiac Surgery

Conclusion: Preoperative renal function, defined by serum creatinine or eGFR by CKD-EPI, NYHA class II –IV, and the number of blood units transfused were all independent predictors of RRT postoperatively.Am J Nephrol 2018;48:108 –117
Source: American Journal of Nephrology - Category: Neurology Source Type: research