Renal haemodynamics and oxygenation during and after cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Evans, R G ^a   Lankadeva, Y R ^b   Cochrane, A D ^a   Marino, B ^c   Iguchi, N ^b   Zhu, M Z L ^a   Hood, S G ^b   Smith, J A ^a   Bellomo, R ^c   Gardiner, B S ^d,e   Lee, C J ^d,e   Smith, D W ^e   May, C N ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

acute kidney injury; renal hypoxia; renal ischaemia; renal medulla

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COOLING; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OFF PUMP SURGERY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGENATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REVIEW; WARMING; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOXIA; KIDNEY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANIMALS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; KIDNEY;

EID: 85036521895     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12995     Document Type: Review

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