Acute Kidney Injury as a Risk Factor for Myocardial Injury and Ventricular Dysfunction

South Egypt Cancer Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ventricular Dysfunction; Acute Kidney Injury; Myocardium; Injury

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: kidney assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04768751

Acute Kidney injury

Details and patient eligibility

About

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is classically described as an abrupt or rapidly reversible reduction in the excretion of nitrogenous waste products, including urea, nitrogen and creatinine. Acute kidney injury definition emphasizes on the filtration function of the kidney, a measure that is unique and easily and routinely measured .

Acute kidney injury is associated with significantly increased resource utilization and health care costs.

Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) after non cardiac surgery are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The reported incidence of postoperative myocardial infarction (POMI) among patients undergoing non cardiac surgery is between 3% and 6%.

Enrollment: 520 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with normal kidney functions and free normal heart functions, were enrolled to this study

Exclusion criteria

• patients with chronic kidney disease, cardiac disease, who with minor operations, or emergency, were excluded from the study.