The correlation of post-operative acute kidney injury and perioperative anaemia in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

Background and objective. Acute kidney injury (AKI) following cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is polyethiological clinical syndrome. During CPB haemodilution develops, which is useful in reducing the risk of thrombosis; however, haemodilutional anaemia decreases oxygen transfer and...

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Main Authors: Tautvydas Baranauskas, Agnė Kaunienė, Milda Švagždienė, Edmundas Širvinskas, Tadas Lenkutis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2019-05-01
Series:Acta Medica Lituanica
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/AML/article/view/21278