Acute kidney injury (AKI) is now recognized as a heterogeneous syndrome that not only
affects acute morbidity and mortality, but also a patient's long-term prognosis. In this …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of hospitalization and is associated with
an increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD), end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and …

Total blood lactate levels monitoring through the use of Artificial Intelligence in individuals
that have undergone cardio surgeries is a milestone in critical care because it indicates …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in the perioperative and intensive care setting. Although
AKI is usually multifactorial, haemodynamic instability, sepsis and drug toxicity are …

The demand for cardiac surgery is constantly growing worldwide for reasons of increasing
incidence of degenerative and lifestyle diseases, and rheumatic heart conditions. Presently …

Background Venous congestion has been demonstrated to increase the risk of acute kidney
injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery. Although many surrogate markers for venous congestion …

Investigators should aim to use consistent criteria for defining AKI in future studies. Efforts
should be taken to use actual measurements rather than estimated values of baseline serum …

The central venous pressure (CVP) is traditionally used as a surrogate of intravascular
volume. CVP measurements therefore are often applied at the bedside to guide fluid …

Background The pathophysiological mechanisms by which venous congestion and
hypotension lead to acute adverse kidney events after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary …

Background The aim was to investigate whether mean perfusion pressure (MPP) calculated
as the difference between mean arterial pressure (MAP) and central venous pressure (CVP) …