INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, cilt.12, sa.7, ss.1441-1455, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
Abstract
Purpose: The incidence, patient features, risk factors and outcomes of surgery-associated postoperative acute kidney
injury (PO-AKI) across diferent countries and health care systems is unclear.
Methods: We conducted an international prospective, observational, multi-center study in 30 countries in patients
undergoing major surgery (>2-h duration and postoperative intensive care unit (ICU) or high dependency unit
admission). The primary endpoint was the occurrence of PO-AKI within 72 h of surgery defned by the Kidney Disease:
Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria. Secondary endpoints included PO-AKI severity and duration, use of
renal replacement therapy (RRT), mortality, and ICU and hospital length of stay.
Results: We studied 10,568 patients and 1945 (18.4%) developed PO-AKI (1236 (63.5%) KDIGO stage 1500 (25.7%)
KDIGO stage 2209 (10.7%) KDIGO stage 3). In 33.8% PO-AKI was persistent, and 170/1945 (8.7%) of patients with POAKI received RRT in the ICU. Patients with PO-AKI had greater ICU (6.3% vs. 0.7%) and hospital (8.6% vs. 1.4%) mortality,
and longer ICU (median 2 (Q1-Q3, 1–3) days vs. 3 (Q1-Q3, 1–6) days) and hospital length of stay (median 14 (Q1-Q3,
9–24) days vs. 10 (Q1-Q3, 7–17) days). Risk factors for PO-AKI included older age, comorbidities (hypertension, diabe‑
tes, chronic kidney disease), type, duration and urgency of surgery as well as intraoperative vasopressors, and amino‑
glycosides administration