Statin Use Associates with a Lower Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury after Major Elective Surgery

Statins abrogate ischemic renal injury in animal studies but whether they are renoprotective in humans is unknown. We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study that included 213,347 older patients who underwent major elective surgery in the province of Ontario, Canada from 1995 to 2008...

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Main Authors: Molnar, Amber O., Coca, Steven G., Devereaux, Phillip J., Jain, Arsh K., Kitchlu, Abhijat, Luo, Jin, Parikh, Chirag R., Paterson, J. Michael, Siddiqui, Nausheen, Wald, Ron, Walsh, Michael, Garg, Amit X.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society of Nephrology 2011
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Clinical Epidemiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3083315/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21493769
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2010050442
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