Open AccessAcute kidney injury development in polytrauma and the safety of early repeated contrast studies: A retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Thomas Giles,
Natasha Weaver,
Adrian Varghese,
Teagan L Way,
Christian Abel,
P. Choi,
Zsolt J. Balogh
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.25
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 2163-0763
pISSN - 2163-0755
DOI - 10.1097/ta.0000000000003735
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , interquartile range , retrospective cohort study , odds ratio , intensive care unit , injury severity score , kidney disease , creatinine , confidence interval , prospective cohort study , emergency medicine , poison control , injury prevention
The role of repeat intravenous contrast doses beyond initial contrast imaging in the development of acute kidney injury (AKI) for multiple injury patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) is not fully understood. We hypothesized that additional contrast doses are potentially modifiable risk factors for worse outcomes.