Prediction of acute kidney injury after radical cystectomy and urinary diversion

The recent article by Furrer et al. [1] assessing theincidence and perioperative risk factors of early postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) in 912 patientsundergoing radical cystectomy and urinary diversion was of great interest to us. By multiple logistic regression analysis, they showed that prolonged duration of surgery (>400 minutes) was a risk factor identified for postoperative AKI and further independent predictors of postoperative AKI were male sex, alow preoperative plasma creatinine, obesity, and intraoperative blood loss.
Source: Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Letter to Editor Source Type: research