Population
140 patients who developed post-operative acute renal failure between 1990-1995
Design
Cohort
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Postoperative acute renal failure after cardiac surgery is associated with high mortality and identifiable prognostic markers; leaves open optimal preventive strategies for prospective trials.
In patients developing post-operative acute renal failure, mortality is high (45%), particularly following open heart surgery, with multiorgan failure, oliguria, and preoperative hypotension serving as poor prognostic markers.
Sharma et al. (2000) studied this question.
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