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Elevated Uric Acid Increases the Risk for Acute Kidney Injury

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1 Elevated Uric Acid Increases the Risk for Acute Kidney Injury
Vijay Lapsia, MD, Richard J. Johnson, MD, Bhagwan Dass, MD, Michiko Shimada, MD, PhD, Ganesh Kambhampati, MD, Noel I. Ejaz, Amir A. Arif, A. Ahsan Ejaz, MD  The American Journal of Medicine  Volume 125, Issue 3, Pages 302.e9-302.e17 (March 2012) DOI: /j.amjmed Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) as a function of preoperative serum uric acid (SUA). The American Journal of Medicine  , 302.e9-302.e17DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Risk for acute kidney injury by threshold serum uric acid levels. CI=95% confidence interval. The American Journal of Medicine  , 302.e9-302.e17DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Influence of serum uric acid on odds ratios (OR) for acute kidney injury in subgroups. CABG=coronary artery bypass graft; GFR = glomerular filtration rate; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; TAA = thoracic aortic aneurysm. The American Journal of Medicine  , 302.e9-302.e17DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

5 Figure 4 Forty-eight-hour peak serum creatinine (SCr) and hospital peak SCr. The American Journal of Medicine  , 302.e9-302.e17DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

6 Figure 5 Serum uric acid (SUA) and length of stay and days on ventilation. The American Journal of Medicine  , 302.e9-302.e17DOI: ( /j.amjmed ) Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions


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