XXXX after cardiothoracic surgery: a review of three years experience.

@entity1 @entity8 @entity810
2,683 cardiothoracic operations were carried out over a 3-year period. @entity1 requiring haemofiltration after surgery had a much greater mortality than those not haemofiltered. Of the 1,177 cardiothoracic intensive care unit (ICU) @entity1 , 91 required haemofiltration for @entity810 ( @entity810 ; 7.7%). Of the 1,506 cardiothoracic high-dependency unit @entity1 13 were transferred to the renal unit for dialysis (0.86%). Mortality for cardiothoracic @entity1 overall was 14.4% and for those who required haemofiltration 58.7%. 74 of these haemofiltered @entity1 had normal renal function preoperatively; mortality 61%. 15 @entity1 had pre-existing @entity8 ; mortality 53.3%. 15 @entity1 were on dialysis prior to surgery; mortality 60%. Age was not a predictor of requirement for renal replacement therapy or of mortality. Operation type was a risk factor for @entity810 : of @entity1 having a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 2.4% were filtered (mortality 37.8%), of @entity1 having valve replacements 14.2% were haemofiltered (mortality 60.9%), and of the @entity1 having redo-CABGs or redo-valve replacements 12.3% required haemofiltration (mortality 100%).
