Risk factors for postoperative acute kidney injury in pediatric cardiac surgery patients receiving angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.

Background: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy is often initiated in pediatric patients who have had cardiac surgery. Acute kidney injury can occur in patients secondary to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor initiation. Risk factors for acute kidney injury after angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor initiation have yet to be defined in postoperative pediatric cardiac patients.