Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva Anestesiol
2020
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Minerva anestesiologica · Nov 2020
Observational StudyThe predictive value of the intraoperative renal pulsatility index for acute kidney injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
The incidence of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) is very high. The Renal Resistive Index (RRI) is measured by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and can be used to predict the occurrence of CSA-AKI, but few studies have examined the Renal Pulsatility Index (RPI). The objective of this study was to explore the predictive value of intraoperative RPI for CSA-AKI. ⋯ An RPI at T2>1.86 is correlated with a higher incidence of postoperative AKI. Treatment guided and personalized on the base of this parameter should be investigated by further dedicated studies.