Title
Update on clinical trials for the prevention of acute kidney injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Abbreviated Journal Title
Am. J. Surg.
Keywords
Acute kidney injury; Clinical trials; Cardiac surgery; Diagnosis; Prevention; Treatment; ACUTE-RENAL-FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL; HIGH-RISK PATIENTS; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; CRITICALLY-ILL PATIENTS; ARTERY-BYPASS; SURGERY; LEFT-VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; POST-CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY; OFF-PUMP; Surgery
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Effective therapeutic agents for the prevention and treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery remain elusive despite the tremendous advances in surgical techniques, technology, and understanding of disease processes. Recent developments and their effect on the incidence of AKI after cardiac surgery are discussed. DATA SOURCES: Published clinical trials in PubMed, strength of evidence assessed by the guidelines of the American Family Physicians. CONCLUSIONS: The definition of AKI has changed, and the focus of interventions has shifted from treatment to prevention to recovery from AKI. Antioxidants and biological agents have been added to classic armaments of hydration and diuretics in addition to tighter metabolic control to prevent AKI. Although the treatment options remain unsatisfactory, a lot of progress nevertheless continues to be made in the prevention and treatment of AKI. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Journal Title
American Journal of Surgery
Volume
206
Issue/Number
1
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Document Type
Review
Language
English
First Page
86
Last Page
95
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0002-9610
Recommended Citation
"Update on clinical trials for the prevention of acute kidney injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery" (2013). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 3608.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/3608
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