title: Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with mild renal insufficiency.
abstract: It is well known that dialysis-dependent renal failure increases the likelihood of a poor outcome following cardiac surgery. However, it is not known whether non-dialysis-dependent mild renal insufficiency also influences clinical outcome. Fifty-five patients with non-dialysis-dependent renal insufficiency undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) (Renal group: serum creatinine level >1.5 mg/dl) were enrolled. These patients were then matched on prognostic variables to 148 patients with normal renal function (
  
  
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  serum creatinine level <1.5 mg/dl). The early postoperative clinical results showed that patients in the Renal group were more likely to develop postoperative renal failure (18% vs 1%: p=0.0002) and hemorrhage requiring re-exploration (11% vs 2%; p=0.01). Total morbidity was significantly higher in the Renal group (40% vs 22%; p=0.01). Multivariate analysis revealed that the Renal group was the second most important predictor of morbidity (odds ratio (OR) =2.2) behind left ventricular dysfunction (OR=2.9). The Renal group was also the second most important predictor of postoperative renal failure (OR=12.5). Therefore, non-dialysis-dependent mild renal insufficiency also increases the risk of morbidity following CABG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kurume University, Fukuoka, Japan. nobuhiko@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
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authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chihara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takaseya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokose
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hiratsuka
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Enomoto
authors.forename: T
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authors.lastname: Kawara
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authors.lastname: Aoyagi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies