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Table 1 Risk factors for the development of acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery

From: Acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery: current understanding and future directions

Preoperative

Intraoperative

Postoperative

Advanced age

Complex surgery

Vasopressor exposure

Female gender

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) duration

Inotrope exposure

Hypertension

 

Diuretic exposure

Hyperlipidemia

Need to return to CPB

Blood transfusion

Chronic kidney disease

Low hematocrit during CPB

Anemia

Liver disease

Aortic cross-clamp time

Hypovolemia

Peripheral vascular disease

Hypoperfusion

Venous congestion

Previous stroke

Hypovolemia

Cardiogenic shock

Smoking history

Venous congestion

 

Diabetes

Emboli (cholesterol and other)

 

Anemia

Inotrope exposure

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