Strategies for post-cardiac surgery acute kidney injury prevention: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Objects: Cardiac surgery is associated with acute kidney injury (AKI). However, the effects of various pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies for AKI prevention have not been thoroughly investigated, and their effectiveness in preventing AKI-related adverse outcomes has not been systematically evaluated.

Methods: Studies from PubMed, Embase, and Medline and registered trials from published through December 2021 that evaluated strategies for preventing post-cardiac surgery AKI were identified.

Prognostic significance of the preoperative systemic immune-inflammation index in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma treated with curative surgery and adjuvant therapy.

Objectives: To investigate the prognostic value of the preoperative systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OC-SCC) treated with curative surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) or chemoradiotherapy (CCRT).

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of patients with OC-SCC who received surgery and postoperative adjuvant RT/CCRT between January 2005 and December 2012. Blood samples were drawn in the 2 weeks preceding surgery.

Risk factors influencing complications of cardiac implantable electronic device implantation: infection, pneumothorax and heart perforation: a nationwide population-based cohort study.

As the number of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) is increasing annually, CIED-related complications are becoming increasingly important. The aim of the study was to assess the risks associated with CIEDs by a nationwide database. Patients were selected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database.