Abstract
Background We aimed to investigate the relationship between the perioperative hemodynamic parameters and the occurrence of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury. Methods A retrospective study was performed in patients underwent cardiac surgery at a tertiary referral teaching hospital. Acute kidney injury was determined according to the KDIGO criteria. We investigated the association between the following perioperative hemodynamic parameters and cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury: mean arterial pressure, mean perfusion pressure, central venous pressure, and diastolic perfusion pressure. Multivariate regression analysis was conducted to identify the independent hemodynamic predictors for the development of acute kidney injury. Subgroup analysis was further performed in patients with chronic hypertension. Results Among 300 patients, 29.3% developed acute kidney injury during postoperative intensive care unit period. Multivariate logistic analysis showed the postoperative nadir diastolic perfusion pressure, but not mean arterial pressure, central venous pressure and mean perfusion pressure, was independently linked to the development of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery (odds ratio 0.945, P = 0.045). Subgroup analyses in hypertensive subjects showed the postoperative nadir diastolic perfusion pressure and peak central venous pressure were both independently related to the development of acute kidney injury (nadir diastolic perfusion pressure, odds ratio 0.886, P = 0.033; peak central venous pressure, odds ratio 1.328, P = 0.010, respectively). Conclusions Postoperative nadir diastolic perfusion pressure was independently associated with the development of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury. Furthermore, central venous pressure should be considered as a potential hemodynamic target for hypertensive patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Central venous pressure and the risk of diuretic-associated acute kidney injury in patients after cardiac surgery
