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Perioperative Statin Use and Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Partial Nephrectomy

BACKGROUND: Statin use is widespread among the general population. Data suggest a potentially beneficial effect of statin therapy on renal function following surgery. The impact of statins on post-partial nephrectomy (PN) renal function is unknown. We hypothesized that perioperative statin use may b...

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Autores principales: Joshi, Shreyas S., Ruth, Karen, Smaldone, Marc C., Chen, David Y.T., Greenberg, Richard E., Viterbo, Rosalia, Kutikov, Alexander, Uzzo, Robert G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IOS Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6364048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30740579
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/KCA-180031