Does the development and severity of AKI affect costs, length of stay, and mortality in postoperative cardiac surgery patients?
The development and increasing severity of acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery are directly associated with higher healthcare costs, longer hospital stays, and increased mortality.
Costs, LOS and mortality are higher in postoperative cardiac surgery patients who develop AKI using RIFLE criteria, and these values increase as AKI severity worsens.
Dasta et al. (Fri,) studied this question.