Objective: Acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery is associated with mortality and
morbidity. Therefore, strategies to prevent acute kidney injury are very important. The aim of …

BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) after heart surgery is associated with increased
mortality. We sought to determine whether prophylactic perioperative administration of N …

Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of perioperative N‐acetylcysteine
(NAC) administration, a known antioxidant, on the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) after …

Background: Renal dysfunction is a common complication after cardiovascular surgery.
Controversial issues have been discussed regarding the role of N-acetyl cysteine in the …

Objective: To assess the preventive effect of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine on
postoperative acute renal failure in patients with renal insufficiency undergoing cardiac …

N-acetylcysteine may prevent acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery. To determine if N-
acetylcysteine warrants definitive evaluation in a large multicentre trial, we evaluated its …

Purpose: To evaluate whether perioperative N-acetylcysteine (NAC) administration reduces
the risk of cardiac surgery associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI). Materials and Methods …

Objective: To determine whether fenoldopam and N-acetylcysteine prevent renal
deterioration and improve hospital outcome for patients with chronic renal insufficiency …

A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The
question addressed was 'does prophylactic administration of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) …

ContextRenal dysfunction is a complication of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
performed with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) that is associated with increased morbidity …