Background: Open heart surgeries are a common surgical approach among patients with heart disease. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common postoperative complications following cardiac surgeries, with an average incidence of 6 - 10%. Additionally, AKI has a mortality rate of 5 - 10%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a complication that occurs for various reasons after surgery, especially cardiac surgery. This complication can lead to a prolonged treatment process, increased costs, and sometimes death. Prediction of postoperative AKI can help anesthesiologists to implement preventive and early treatment strategies to reduce the risk of AKI.
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