Preoperative Serum Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery | Zendy

Uptal D. Patel | Zendy; Amit X. Garg | Zendy; Harlan M. Krumholz | Zendy; Michael G. Shlipak | Zendy; Steven G. Coca | Zendy; Kyaw Sint | Zendy; Heather ThiessenPhilbrook | Zendy; Jay L. Koyner | Zendy; Madhav Swaminathan | Zendy; Cary S. Passik | Zendy; Chirag R. Parikh | Zendy

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Preoperative Serum Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

Author(s) -

Uptal D. Patel,

Amit X. Garg,

Harlan M. Krumholz,

Michael G. Shlipak,

Steven G. Coca,

Kyaw Sint,

Heather ThiessenPhilbrook,

Jay L. Koyner,

Madhav Swaminathan,

Cary S. Passik,

Chirag R. Parikh

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.029686

Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , confidence interval , creatinine , brain natriuretic peptide , cardiology , cardiac surgery , natriuretic peptide , renal replacement therapy , biomarker , kidney disease , renal function , heart failure , biochemistry , chemistry

Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery is associated with poor outcomes and is difficult to predict. We conducted a prospective study to evaluate whether preoperative brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels predict postoperative AKI among patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

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