Acute Kidney Injury and Risk of CKD and Hypertension after Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.

CONCLUSIONS: CKD and hypertension burden in the 4 years after pediatric cardiac surgery is high. Young age at surgery, but not AKI, is associated with their development.
PMID: 32948644 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - September 17, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Zappitelli M, Parikh CR, Kaufman JS, Go AS, Kimmel PL, Hsu CY, Coca SG, Chinchilli VM, Greenberg JH, Moxey-Mims MM, Ikizler TA, Cockovski V, Dyer AM, Devarajan P, ASsessment, Serial Evaluation, and Subsequent Sequelae in Acute Kidney Injury (ASSESS-AKI) I Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research