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ArticleCritical care (London, England)2015

Intraoperative renal near-infrared spectroscopy indicates developing acute kidney injury in infants undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: a case-control study.

Bettina Ruf, Vittorio Bonelli, Gunter Balling, Jürgen Hörer, Nicole Nagdyman, Siegmund Lorenz Braun, Peter Ewert, Karl Reiter

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Article in Critical care (London, England), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 59 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03384173 completednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Use of NIRS to Detect Acute Kidney Injury in Preterm Infants

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonRan2018 to 2019Enrolled35ConditionsAcute Kidney Injury, Premature InfantArmsNear Infrared Spectroscopy
NCT07743099 completednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Renal Oxygen Saturation Measured by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for the Early Recognition of Acute Kidney Injury in Asphyxiated Neonates Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study

TypeobservationalSponsorAgah Bahadır Öztürk,MDRan2021 to 2021Enrolled46ConditionsHypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Acute Kidney Injury, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Neonatal, Asphyxia NeonatorumArms1- Continuous Cerebral Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, 2- Continuous Bilateral Renal Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 144 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Perioperative Monitoring of Regional Oxygen Saturation in Congenital Heart Disease: Systematic Review of Literature up to 2023.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2026
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  10. Intraoperative Renal Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Monitoring as a Predictor of Renal Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Bettina RufDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Centre Munich, Technical University, Lazarettstr. 36, 80636, Munich, Germany. ruf@dhm.mhn.de.
Vittorio BonelliDepartment of Anaesthesiology, German Heart Centre Munich, Technical University, Lazarettstr. 36, 80636, Munich, Germany. bonelli@dhm.mhn.de.
Gunter BallingDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Centre Munich, Technical University, Lazarettstr. 36, 80636, Munich, Germany. balling@dhm.mhn.de.
Jürgen HörerDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Centre Munich, Technical University, Lazarettstr. 36, 80636, Munich, Germany. hoerer@dhm.mhn.de.
Nicole NagdymanDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Centre Munich, Technical University, Lazarettstr. 36, 80636, Munich, Germany. nagdyman@dhm.mhn.de.
Siegmund Lorenz BraunInstitute of Laboratory Medicine, German Heart Centre Munich, Technical University, Lazarettstr. 36, 80636, Munich, Germany. braun@dhm.mhn.de.
Peter EwertDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Centre Munich, Technical University, Lazarettstr. 36, 80636, Munich, Germany. prof.ewert@dhm.mhn.de.
Karl ReiterDepartment of Pediatric Intensive Care, University Children`s Hospital, von Haunersche Children hospital, Ludwigs-Maximilian University, Lindwurmstr. 4, 80337, Munich, Germany. karl.reiter@med.uni-muenchen.de.
Deutsches Herzzentrum München · DETechnical University of Munich · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAcute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass in infants. Renal near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is used to evaluate regional oximetry in a non-invasive continuous real-time fashion, and reflects tissue perfusion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between renal oximetry and development of AKI in the operative and post-operative setting in infants undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.

methodsIn this prospective study, we enrolled 59 infants undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery for congenital heart disease for univentricular (n = 26) or biventricular (n = 33) repair. Renal NIRS was continuously measured intraoperatively and for at least 24 hours postoperatively and analysed for the intraoperative and first 12 hours, first 24 hours and first 48 hours postoperatively. The renal oximetry values were correlated with the paediatric risk, injury, failure, loss, end (pRIFLE) classification for AKI, renal biomarkers and the postoperative course.

resultsTwenty-eight (48%) infants developed AKI based on pRIFLE classification. Already during intraoperative renal oximetry and further in the first 12 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours postoperatively, significantly lower renal oximetry values in AKI patients compared with patients with normal renal function were recorded (P < 0.05). Of the 28 patients who developed AKI, 3 (11%) needed renal replacement therapy and 2 (7%) died. In the non-AKI group, no deaths occurred. Infants with decreased renal oximetry values developed significantly higher lactate levels 24 hours after surgery. Cystatin C was a late parameter of AKI, and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin values were not correlated with AKI occurrence.

conclusionOur results suggest that prolonged low renal oximetry values during cardiac surgery correlate with the development of AKI and may be superior to conventional biochemical markers. Renal NIRS might be a promising non-invasive tool of multimodal monitoring of kidney function and developing AKI in infants undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.

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Acute Kidney InjuryBiomarkersCardiac Surgical ProceduresCardiopulmonary BypassCase-Control StudiesFemaleHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansInfantInfant, NewbornKidneyMalePostoperative ComplicationsProspective StudiesSpectroscopy, Near-InfraredBiomarkers

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