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Would you recommend administering IV amino acids prior to cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, given recent trial findings of improved AKI rates but no significant difference in kidney-replacement therapy with IV amino acids?

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Nephrology · The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

The trial by Landoni et al., PMID 38865168 in the August NEJM examined the effect of an amino acid infusion (2g/kg/day) in patient undergoing cardiac bypass surgery. They found a reduction in post-op AKI, but no change in the need for dialysis or mortality. Although this was a large (>3500 subjects)...

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