Publications by authors named "Robert F Dunton"
Background: Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) before coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is a key risk factor of in-hospital mortality. However, in patients with normal renal function before CABG, acute kidney injury develops after the procedure, making postoperative renal function assessment necessary for evaluation. Postoperative eGFR and its association with long-term survival have not been well studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is limited information comparing long-term survival after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients aged 80 years and older. We studied the long-term survival of octogenarians with multivessel coronary artery disease undergoing PCI or CABG who might have been candidates for either procedure.
Methods: We identified 1693 patients, aged 80 to 89, with two-vessel disease (57.
Article Synopsis
- This study examined the link between preoperative characteristics and the risk of severe renal insufficiency after CABG surgery in 11,301 patients.
- A predictive model was created based on factors like age, gender, and medical history to identify those at high risk, finding that only 3% of patients with normal kidney function developed severe issues post-surgery.
- The model showed good accuracy and calibration, suggesting it could effectively guide clinicians in assessing patient risk before surgery.
Background: Impaired renal function after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is a key risk factor for in-hospital mortality. However, perioperative increases in serum creatinine and the association with mortality has not been well-studied. We assessed the hypothesis that perioperative increases in creatinine are associated with increased 90-day mortality.
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