Renal failure
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Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Renal function changes after elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.
Cardiac surgery can either induce acute renal failure or improve GFR by improving the cardiac performance. In order to study renal function changes after elective cardiac surgery (CS) with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPBP), 21 patients undergoing valvular CS (VCS) or coronary artery bypass (CAB) were prospectively evaluated in three time periods: before, 24 hours after surgery and 48 hours after surgery. Patients were divided in 2 groups according to the GFR percent change in comparison to the baseline value found 24 hours after CS (deltaGFR24): Group 1, deltaGFR24 decrease higher than 20% (n = 11) and Group 2, deltaGFR24 decrease < or = 20% or deltaGFR24 increase (n = 10). ⋯ These results suggest that the observed renal function changes should be the result of an appropriated renal response to a low effective blood volume. In fact, a low baseline FENa anticipated a GFR decrease in these patients. Consistently, CAB patients that usually improve their cardiac output after surgery showed a clear GFR improvement.