Journal
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Volume 162, Issue 3, Pages 880-887Publisher
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.01.101
Keywords
perioperative care; acute kidney injury
Funding
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions (Interdisciplinary Chronic Disease Collaboration)
- Kidney Health Research Chair
- Division of Nephrology at the University of Alberta
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award
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This study used a population-based cohort in Alberta, Canada to quantify the mortality and costs of varying degrees of AKI following cardiac surgery. The results showed that AKI was closely associated with outcomes and healthcare costs postcardiac surgery.
Objectives: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common after cardiac surgery. We quantified the mortality and costs of varying degrees of AKI using a population-based cohort in Alberta, Canada. Methods: A cohort of patients undergoing cardiac surgery from 2004 to 2009 was assembled from linked Alberta administrative databases. AKI was classified by Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes stages of severity. Our outcomes were in-hospital mortality, length of stay, and costs; among survivors, we also examined mortality and costs at 365 days. Estimates were adjusted for demographic characteristics, comorbidities, and other covariates. Results: Ten thousand one hundred seventy participants were included, of whom 9771 patients were discharged to community. Overall in-hospital mortality, costs, and length of stay were 4%, 7 days, and Can $34,000, respectively. Postcardiac surgery, AKI occurred in 25%. Compared with those without AKI, AKI was independently associated with increased in-hospital mortality across severity categories, with the highest risk (adjusted odds ratio, 37.1; 95% confidence interval, 26.3-52.1; P <.001) in patients who required acute dialysis. AKI severity was associated with increased hospital days and costs, with costs ranging from 1.21 for stage 1 AKI (95% confidence interval, 1.17-1.23) to 2.74 for acute dialysis (95% confidence interval, 2.49-3.00) (P<.001) times higher than in patients without AKI, after covariate adjustment. Postdischarge to 365 days, patients with AKI continued to experience increased costs up to 1.35-fold, and patients who required dialysis acutely continued to experience a 2.86-fold increased mortality. Conclusions: AKI remains an important indicator of mortality and health care costs postcardiac surgery.
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