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ArticleIntensive care medicine2024

Acute kidney disease beyond day 7 after major surgery: a secondary analysis of the EPIS-AKI trial.

Melanie Meersch, Raphael Weiss, Christian Strauß, Felix Albert, Hendrik Booke, Lui Forni, Jean-Francois Pittet, John A Kellum, Mitchell Rosner, Ravindra Mehta and 4 more

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Article in Intensive care medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Melanie MeerschDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Raphael WeissDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Christian StraußDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Felix AlbertInstitute of Biostatistics and Clinical Research, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Hendrik BookeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Lui ForniSchool of Medicine, University of Surrey, Kate Granger Building, Guildford, UK.
Jean-Francois PittetDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.
John A KellumCenter for Critical Care Nephrology, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Mitchell RosnerDepartment of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Ravindra MehtaDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
Rinaldo BellomoDepartment of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Peter RosenbergerDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Alexander ZarbockDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Germany. zarbock@uni-muenster.de.ORCID 0000-0002-2124-1714
EPIS-AKI Investigators
University Hospital Münster · DEUniversity Children's Hospital Tübingen · DEUniversity of Münster · DEUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · USRoyal Surrey County Hospital · GBThe Royal Melbourne Hospital · AUUniversity of California San Diego · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft KFO342-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ME5413/1-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ME5413/1-2Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ZA428/18-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ZA428/21-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAcute kidney disease (AKD) is a significant health care burden worldwide. However, little is known about this complication after major surgery.

methodsWe conducted an international prospective, observational, multi-center study among patients undergoing major surgery. The primary study endpoint was the incidence of AKD (defined as new onset of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eCFR) < 60 ml/min/1.73 m

resultsWe studied 9510 patients without pre-existing CKD. Of these, 940 (9.9%) developed AKD after 7 days of whom 34.1% experiencing an episode of early postoperative-AKI. Rates of AKD after 7 days significantly increased with the severity (19.1% Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes [KDIGO] 1, 24.5% KDIGO2, 34.3% KDIGO3; P < 0.001) and duration (15.5% transient vs 38.3% persistent AKI; P < 0.001) of early postoperative-AKI. Independent risk factors for AKD included early postoperative-AKI, exposure to perioperative nephrotoxic agents, and postoperative pneumonia. Early postoperative-AKI carried an independent odds ratio for AKD of 2.64 (95% confidence interval [CI] 2.21-3.15). Of 663 patients with pre-existing CKD, 42 (6.3%) had worsening CKD at day 90. In patients with CKD and an episode of early AKI, CKD progression occurred in 11.6%.

conclusionOne in ten major surgery patients developed AKD beyond 7 days after surgery, in most cases without an episode of early postoperative-AKI. However, early postoperative-AKI severity and duration were associated with an increased rate of AKD and early postoperative-AKI was strongly associated with AKD independent of all other potential risk factors.

Indexed as

Acute Kidney InjuryRenal Insufficiency, ChronicAcute DiseaseHumansKidneyProspective StudiesAcute kidney diseaseAcute kidney injuryChronic kidney diseasePostoperativeSurgery

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PMID38285051
PMCPMC10907445
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