In-Hospital Outcomes of Acute Renal Failure Requiring Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients with On-pump CABG / 대한흉부외과학회지

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Although acute renal failure (ARF) after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is relatively rare, but devastating complication with high mortality. Our study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of early application of CRRT in patients with ARF which developed after on-pump CABG. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Two hundred and eighty seven patients underwent isolated on-pump CABG between May 2002 and Feb. 2006 at our institution, of whom 15 (5.2%) needed CRRT (11 patients for postoperatively developed ARF and the remaining 4 patients with pre- existing dialysis-dependent chronic renal failure (CRF) for postoperative hemodynamic and metabolic control). Criteria for early application of CRRT were as follows; decreased urine output less than 0.5 cc/h/kg for 2 consecutive hours and elevated serum creatinine level greater than 2.0 mg/dL. RESULT: The incidence of ARF requiring CRRT after on-pump CABG was 3.9% (11/283) and the overall hospital mortality of patient with CRRT was 33.3% (5/15). Of 5 deaths, 4 were patients with postoperatively developed ARF, and 1 was a patient with pre-existing dialysis- dependent CRF patient. The mean time between the operation and the initiation of CRRT was 25.8+/-5.8 hours and the mean duration of CRRT was 62.1+/-41.2 hours. Of the 7 survivors who were not on dialysis-dependent preoperatively, 6 patients fully recovered renal function during hospital stay and 1 patient required permanent renal supportive treatment after discharge from hospital. CONCLUSION: Early application of CRRT could maintain stable postoperative hemodynamic status and make outcomes better than those of previous reports in patients with ARF which developed after on-pump CABG.