Description

Wang et al reported a nomogram for predicting acute kidney injury in a patient undergoing on-pump cardiac surgery. This can help to identify a patient who may require closer monitoring of renal function. The authors are from Sichuan University, Zhejiang University, and affiliated hospitals in China.


Patient selection: on-pump cardiac surgery, age >= 18 years

Exclusions: serum creatinine before surgery > 176 µmol/L, on renal replacement, emergency surgery

 

Parameters:

(1) age in years

(2) serum urea in mmol/L

(3) RBC transfusion in units

(4) serum creatinine in µmol/L

(5) RBC count in 10^12/L

(6) operation time in hours

(7) serum cystatin C in mg/L

(8) cardiopulmonary bypass time in minutes

(9) gender

(10) hypertension

 

Parameter

Finding

Points

age in years

< 40 years

0

 

40 to 50 years

4.9

 

50 to 60 years

10.3

 

60 to 70 years

19.6

 

> 70 years

33.3

serum urea

< 3 mmol/L

0

 

3 to 6 mmol/L

4.8

 

6 to 9 mmol/L

9.0

 

9 to 12 mmol/L

10.5

 

> 12 mmol/L

21

RBC transfusion

< 2

7.3

 

2 to 4

14

 

4 to 6

0

 

> 6

26.3

serum creatinine

< 21 µmol/L

100

 

21 to 77 µmol/L

7.2

 

77 to 110 µmol/L

0

 

> 110 µmol/L

9.8

RBC count

< 3 * 10^12/L

14.9

 

3 to 4 * 10^12/L

8.8

 

4 to 4.6 * 10^12/L

3.5

 

> 4.6 * 10^12/L

0

operation time

< 3 hours

0

 

3 to 6 hours

25

 

6 to 9 hours

34.2

 

> 9 hours

64.3

serum cystatin C

< 1.1 mg/L

0

 

> 1.1 mg/L

12.3

CPB time

< 60 minutes

0

 

60 to 120 minutes

17.5

 

120 to 180 minutes

29.8

 

180 to 240 minutes

41.2

 

> 240 minutes

64.5

gender

female

0

 

male

12.1

hypertension

no

0

 

yes

7

 

total score =

= SUM(points for all of the parameters)

 

Interpretation:

• minimum score: 0

• maximum score: 355.7

 

value of X for Stage III AKI =

= (0.0425 * (score)) - 8.694

 

value of Y for Stage II or III AKI =

= (0.04241 * (score)) - 7.724

 

probability of Stage III AKI =

= 1 / (1 + EXP((-1) * X))

 

probability of Stage II or III AKI =

= 1 / (1 + EXP((-1) * Y))

 

Performance:

• The area under the ROC curve for Stage III was 0.80

• The area under the ROC curve for Stage II was 0.73.


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