Erythrocyte transfusion limits the role of elevated red cell distribution width on predicting cardiac surgery associated acute kidney injury.

CONCLUSIONS: Elevated RDW is one of the independent predictors of CSAKI in the absence of erythrocyte transfusion, which limits the prognostic role of the former on predicting CSAKI.
PMID: 32419126 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cardiology Journal - May 17, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jiang W, Zou Z, Zhao S, Fang Y, Xu J, Wang Y, Shen B, Luo Z, Wang C, Ding X, Teng J Tags: Cardiol J Source Type: research