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Renal Replacement Therapy for Prevention of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Author(s) -
Kai Song,
Shan Jiang,
Yongbing Shi,
Huaying Shen,
Xiaosong Shi,
Donghua Jing
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1421-9670
pISSN - 0250-8095
DOI - 10.1159/000321344
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , renal replacement therapy , randomized controlled trial , meta analysis , kidney disease , renal injury , kidney , intensive care medicine , urology
Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is an important cause of acute renal injury. Several clinical trials using renal replacement therapy (RRT) for prevention of CI-AKI yielded conflicting results. We performed a meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of prophylactic RRT on CI-AKI.

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