NDT Advance Access originally published online on April 3, 2008
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2008 23(9):2853-2860; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn153
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Coronary artery bypass surgery and acute kidney injury—impact of the off-pump technique
1 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West German Heart Center Essen 2 Department of Anaesthesiology 3 Department of Nephrology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Stefan Herget-Rosenthal, Department of Nephrology, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany. Tel: +49-201-723-2552; Fax: +49-201-723-5633; E-mail: stefan.herget-rosenthal{at}uni-due.de
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Background. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious and frequent complication after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) was identified as a major AKI risk factor after CABG. Our aim was to assess the impact of the off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) compared to the on-pump coronary artery bypass (ONCAB) technique on the rate and severity of AKI, while taking other risk factors for AKI into account.
Methods. An observational study of 201 consecutive adult patients was conducted; 100 were operated by the OPCAB and 101 by the ONCAB technique. All patients in each group were operated by a single, experienced surgeon. Fifteen pre-, intra- and postoperative variables that were repeatedly identified in previous studies as independent AKI risk factors were included in this analysis. AKI was defined as an increase of serum creatinine 
50% or 0.3 mg/dL within 48 h and AKI severity was classified, according to current AKIN definitions.
Results. Significantly fewer OPCAB patients developed AKI compared to ONCAB (14.0 versus 27.7%; P = 0.03). OPCAB was associated with milder stages of AKI, whereas ONCAB patients had more severe AKI. Congestive heart failure and chronic kidney disease were independent risk factors for AKI. The OPCAB technique for CABG was identified as the only independent factor associated with lower incidence of AKI.
Conclusions. Using current AKI definitions and classifications, the OPCAB technique for CABG, which avoids CPB; was associated with a significantly lower rate and less severe AKI compared to ONCAB. The OPCAB technique was identified as the only modifiable and potentially protective factor against postoperative AKI.
Keywords: acute kidney injury; acute renal failure; cardiopulmonary bypass; coronary artery bypass grafting; off-pump coronary artery bypass
Received for publication: 21.10.07
Accepted in revised form: 26. 2.08
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