Treatment of patients with cardiac surgery associated-acute kidney injury.
Members of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) participated in a 3-day conference in Vicenza in May 2007 to evaluate the available literature on this topic and draft consensus recommendations for research studies in this area. This report summarizes the available evidence and describes the key questions that will need to be addressed with the goal of standardizing the care of patients with cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) and improving outcomes.
Tolwani
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A
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0007, USA. atolwani@uab.edu
Paganini
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E
Joannidis
M
M
Zamperetti
N
N
Verbine
A
A
Vidyasagar
V
V
Clark
W
W
Ronco
C
C
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D018529:Nutritional Support; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome