American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 56, Issue 4 , Pages 623-631 , October 2010

Validation of Clinical Scores Predicting Severe Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

  • Lars Englberger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Lars Englberger, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905
    • ,
  • Rakesh M. Suri, MD, DPhil

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • ,
  • Zhuo Li, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • ,
  • Joseph A. Dearani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • ,
  • Soon J. Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • ,
  • Thoralf M. Sundt III, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • ,
  • Hartzell V. Schaff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Received 12 December 2009 ,Accepted 21 April 2010.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.04.017 on July 14, 2010.

PII: S0272-6386(10)00914-5

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.04.017

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 56, Issue 4 , Pages 623-631 , October 2010

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