Survival and Risk Factors Among Dialytic Acute Kidney Injury Patients After Cardiovascular Surgery.

Objective: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent postoperative complication after cardiovascular surgery. It has been described as a predictor of decreased survival rates, but how dialysis decreases survival when initiated on the postoperative period has yet to be determined. To analyze the survival of patients who presented postoperative AKI requiring dialysis up to 30 days after cardiovascular surgery and its risk factors is the aim of this study.

Nursing diagnoses and interventions for a child after cardiac surgery in an intensive care unit.

Objective: To describe the nursing clinical judgment as a basis for ND identification and development of a NIC treatment plan for a child after cardiac surgery under intensive care.

Method: A case study with data retrospectively collected from charts.

Results: Three nurses identified NANDA-I diagnoses and NIC interventions.