Preoperative serum uric acid predicts incident acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery.

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) following cardiac surgery is a frequent complication and several risk factors increasing its incidence have already been characterized. This study evaluates the influence of preoperative increased serum uric acid (SUA) levels in comparison with other known risk factors on the incidence of AKI following cardiac surgery.

Methods: During a period of 5 month, 247 patients underwent elective coronary artery bypass grafting, valve replacement/ repair or combined bypass and valve surgery.

Recipient liver function before liver transplantation influences post-transplantation survival in patients with HCC.

Background: Liver transplantation (LT) is a complex yet curative treatment for a subset of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Due to donor organ shortage, patients with HCC need to be carefully selected for LT. In European countries, selection of patients is based on the Milan criteria, and donor organs are allocated by Eurotransplant.