Original research gender differences in recovering from cardiac and vascular surgery associated acute kidney injury: A six-year retrospective comparative study in Nigeria.

Introduction: Gender differences exist in the demographic, clinical characteristic and outcome of patients with cardiac and vascular surgery (CVS) associated acute kidney injury (AKI).

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study had a total of 88 participants for which socio-demographic, clinical and laboratory (serum electrolyte, full blood count, urine analysis and urine volume, creatinine, and glomerular filtration rate) data of participants were taken preoperative and postoperative days 1, 7, and 30.

Results: A total of 88 (66 males and 22 females) participants were studied.