Minor Postoperative Increases of Creatinine Are Associated with Higher Mortality and Longer Hospital Length of Stay in Surgical Patients
Open Access
- 1 December 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Anesthesiology
- Vol. 123 (6), 1301-1311
- https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000000891
Abstract
Even minor creatinine increases not meeting acute kidney injury criteria were associated with an increased risk of death and hospital length of stay, and this risk was more pronounced in noncardiac compared with cardiac surgical patients. Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text.Keywords
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