Transient acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery does not independently affect postoperative outcomes.

Background: The objective of this study was to assess the incidence of in-hospital acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery by comparing preoperative baseline renal function with renal function during the postoperative period and at discharge, and to relate these indices with in-hospital postoperative outcomes.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed over a 4-year period from a series of 426 adult patients. Kidney function was based on serum creatinine (SCr), Cockroft-Gault estimated creatinine clearance (eCrCl), and glomerular filtration rate estimated with the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula (eGFR).

Association of body mass index with short-term outcomes after cardiac surgery: retrospective study and meta-analysis.

The relationship between higher body mass index (BMI), decreased morbidity and mortality is known as the "obesity paradox", and has been described in cohorts of patients with hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, coronary and peripheral artery diseases, non-cardiac surgery, and end-stage renal disease. Here we investigated the relationship between BMI and short-term outcomes after adult cardiac surgery to explore the existence of an obesity paradoxical effect. A secondary objective was to perform an updated systematic review to further analyze the association between BMI and 30-day in-hospital mortality after cardiac surgery.