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Assessing the effect of preoperative levosimendan on renal function in patients with right ventricular dysfunction

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The Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) classification considers SCr values, urea and urine output in order to improve timely diagnose ARF and improve patient prognosis by early treatment. Preoperative levosimendan is a new way for cardiac and kidney protection, we try to evaluate this drug in fifteen patients comparing values of AKIN scale parameters pre and post cardiac surgery in patients with right ventricle dysfunction.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Campus Universitario Teatinos, 29010, Málaga, Spain

    Jose L. Guerrero Orriach, M. Galán Ortega, A. Ramírez Fernandez, D. Ariza Villanueva, A. Florez Vela, I. Moreno Cortés, M. Rubio Navarro & J. Cruz Mañas

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Guerrero Orriach, J.L., Galán Ortega, M., Ramírez Fernandez, A. et al. Assessing the effect of preoperative levosimendan on renal function in patients with right ventricular dysfunction. J Clin Monit Comput 31, 227–230 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10877-016-9827-7

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