Biomarkers That Forecast Cardiac Surgery Associated Acute Kidney Injury

Patients who present for cardiac surgery often have multiple comorbidities that increase their risk profile for a variety of outcome measures after surgery. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is unfortunately an all too common, undesirable event in this population. In this issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, Verwijmeren et al present a secondary analysis of a 2-center, prospective cohort study in which elderly patients presenting for cardiac surgery were...