Effect of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Kidney Injury Among High-Risk Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Zarbock, Alexander; G. Schmidt, C.; Van Aken, Hugo; Wempe, Carola; Martens, Sven; Zahn, Peter; Wolf, Britta; Goebel, Ulrich; I. Schwer, Christian; Rosenberger, Peter; A. Haeberle, Helene; Görlich, Dennis; A. Kellum, John; Meersch, Melanie

doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4189

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Effect of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Kidney Injury Among High-Risk Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Published in JAMA • May 29, 2015

Authors:

Alexander Zarbock

C. G. Schmidt

Hugo Van Aken

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: No interventions have yet been identified to reduce the risk of acute kidney injury in the setting of cardiac surgery. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether remote ischemic preconditioning reduces the rate and severity of acute kidney injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. DESIGN, SETT...

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Medicine

Ischemic preconditioning

Acute kidney injury

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