SynthesisCritical care (London, England)2023
Prevention of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of non-pharmacological interventions.
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- 2024 EACTS/EACTAIC/EBCP Guidelines on cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Guideline
- Effect of acute kidney injury care bundle on kidney outcomes in cardiac patients receiving critical care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nephrology · 2025Pooled it
- Controlled low central venous pressure after cardiopulmonary bypass reduces acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Trial
- Effect of Delayed Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Acute Kidney Injury and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Circulation · 2024Trial
- Prediction of postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: A machine learning model.Journal of anesthesia and translational medicine · 2026Article
- Update on Perioperative Prevention of Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Incidence and factors associated with acute kidney injury after the bidirectional Glenn procedure in patients with functional single ventricle.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Association between preoperative hydration and cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury: a prospective observational study.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Observational
- Perioperative acute kidney injury: current prevention, detection, and management strategies.Journal of anesthesia · 2026Review
- Mini-compendium on goal-directed perfusion (GDP) based on a narrative review.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Review
- Association between dynamic estimated plasma volume trajectories and acute kidney injury after coronary artery bypass grafting.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Perioperative glycemic fluctuations mediate the association between BMI and postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Prevention and Management of Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury: A Narrative Review.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Decreased renal or cerebral oxygen saturation increases the risk of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury in adult patients: a prospective observational study.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Observational
- Fine-Mapping the Association of Acute Kidney Injury With Mean Arterial and Central Venous Pressures During Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.Anesthesia and analgesia · 2025Article
- Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery: A Review of Our Current Understanding.American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions · 2025Review
- A contemporary simple risk score for prediction of severe acute kidney injury after heart transplantation.ESC heart failure · 2025Article
- 2024 EACTS/EACTAIC/EBCP Guidelines on cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2025Article
- 2024 EACTS/EACTAIC/EBCP Guidelines on cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundCardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) is frequent. While two network meta-analyses assessed the impact of pharmacological interventions to prevent CSA-AKI, none focused on non-pharmacological interventions. We aim to assess the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions to reduce the incidence of CSA-AKI.
methodsWe searched PubMed, Embase, Central and clinical trial registries from January 1, 2004 (first consensus definition of AKI) to July 1, 2023. Additionally, we conducted manual screening of abstracts of major anesthesia and intensive care conferences over the last 5 years and reference lists of relevant studies. We selected all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing a non-pharmacological intervention to reduce the incidence of CSA-AKI, without language restriction. We excluded RCTs of heart transplantation or involving a pediatric population. The primary outcome variable was CSA-AKI. Two reviewers independently identified trials, extracted data and assessed risk of bias. Random-effects meta-analyses were conducted to calculate risk ratios (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). We used the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation to assess the quality of evidence.
resultsWe included 86 trials (25,855 patients) evaluating 10 non-pharmacological interventions to reduce the incidence of CSA-AKI. No intervention had high-quality evidence to reduce CSA-AKI. Two interventions were associated with a significant reduction in CSA-AKI incidence, with moderate quality of evidence: goal-directed perfusion (RR, 0.55 [95% CI 0.40-0.76], I
conclusionsTwo non-pharmacological interventions are likely to reduce CSA-AKI incidence, with moderate quality of evidence: goal-directed perfusion and remote ischemic preconditioning.
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