Open AccessPeri-surgical Statins Lessen Acute Kidney Injury
Author(s) -
Sushrut S. Waikar,
Steven M. Brunelli
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.451
H-Index - 279
eISSN - 1533-3450
pISSN - 1046-6673
DOI - 10.1681/asn.2011020186
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , perioperative , peri , urology , intensive care medicine , surgery
Hepatic hydroxymethyl glutaryl–CoA reductase inhibitors, known as statins, are among the most commonly prescribed drugs in the world. Scientists studying microorganism host defense first identified statins in the 1970s. They were eventually shown in large randomized trials, such as the
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