Postoperative AKI-Prevention Is Better than Cure?

Samira Bell^{1

2}, John Prowle^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Renal Unit, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom; Samira.bell@nhs.net.
² Division of Population Health Science and Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.
³ Adult Critical Care Unit and Department of Renal Medicine and Transplantation, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health National Health Service Trust, London, United Kingdom; and.
⁴ William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Samira Bell et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Jan.

. 2019 Jan;30(1):4-6.

doi: 10.1681/ASN.2018111127. Epub 2018 Dec 18.

Samira Bell^{1

2}, John Prowle^{3

4}

¹ Renal Unit, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom; Samira.bell@nhs.net.
² Division of Population Health Science and Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.
³ Adult Critical Care Unit and Department of Renal Medicine and Transplantation, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health National Health Service Trust, London, United Kingdom; and.
⁴ William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: acute kidney injury; post-operative; risk score.

Comment on

Simple Postoperative AKI Risk (SPARK) Classification before Noncardiac Surgery: A Prediction Index Development Study with External Validation.
Park S, Cho H, Park S, Lee S, Kim K, Yoon HJ, Park J, Choi Y, Lee S, Kim JH, Kim S, Chin HJ, Kim DK, Joo KW, Kim YS, Lee H. Park S, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Jan;30(1):170-181. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2018070757. Epub 2018 Dec 18. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019. PMID: 30563915 Free PMC article.

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