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Uric Acid: A Novel Risk Factor for Acute Kidney Injury in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery Patients?

Ahsan Ejaz, Thomas M. Beaver, Michiko Shimada, Puneet Sood, Vijaykumar Lingegowda, Jesse D. Schold, Tad Kim, Richard J. Johnson

American Journal of Nephrology · 2009 · 59 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

This preliminary study suggests that uric acid may be a novel risk factor for acute kidney injury in patients undergoing high-risk cardiovascular surgery.

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Ravindra L. Mehta, John A. Kellum, Sudhir V. Shah et al. · Critical Care · 2007 · 7K citations · Full text

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Elevated Uric Acid Increases the Risk for Kidney Disease

Rudolf P. Obermayr, Christian Temml, Georg Gutjahr et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2008 · 647 citations · Full text

Uric Acid and Survival in Chronic Heart Failure

Stefan D. Anker, Wolfram Doehner, Mathias Rauchhaus et al. · Circulation · 2003 · 585 citations

Mild hyperuricemia induces vasoconstriction and maintains glomerular hypertension in normal and remnant kidney rats

Laura Gabriela Sánchez‐Lozada, Edilia Tapia, José Santamaría et al. · Kidney International · 2004 · 553 citations

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