Postoperative Blood Urea Nitrogen Is Associated With Stroke in Cardiac Surgical Patients.

CONCLUSIONS: In these analyses, we identified BUN as a marker of heightened postoperative stroke risk after cardiac surgical procedures. Postoperative risk markers may improve assessment of delayed postoperative strokes.
PMID: 25683323 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - February 12, 2015 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Arnan MK, Hsieh TC, Yeboah J, Bertoni AG, Burke GL, Bahrainwala Z, Grega MA, Baumgartner WA, Gottesman RF Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research