Remote ischaemic preconditioning with RIPostC by transient upper limb ischaemia did not improve clinical outcome in patients who underwent cardiac surgery.

CVP during hepatic resection was not associated with intraoperative blood loss in living liver donors, suggesting that CVP may not be an important factor in predicting blood loss during hepatectomy in healthy subjects.

TIVA with propofol and remifentanil may reduce the incidence of CPTS at 3 and 6 months.

The addition of either ondansetron or ramosetron to PCA can reduce the incidence of PONV during 48 h after cardiac surgery.

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Increasing PEEP led to a progressive decline in LV relaxation in patients with pre-existing LV relaxation abnormality.

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An elevated serum concentration of uric acid may be associated with an increased risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of preoperative uric acid concentration on the risk of AKI after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). Perioperative data were evaluated from patients who underwent CABG. AKI was defined by the AKI Network criteria based on serum creatinine changes within the first 48 hr after CABG. Multivariate logistic regression was utilized to evaluate the association between preoperative uric acid and postoperative AKI. We evaluated changes in C statistic, the net reclassification improvement, and the integrated discrimination improvement to determine whether the addition of preoperative uric acid improved prediction of AKI. Of the 2,185 patients, 787 (36.0%) developed AKI. Preoperative uric acid was significantly associated with postoperative AKI (odds ratio, 1.18; 95% confidence interval, 1.10-1.26; P<0.001). Adding uric acid levels improved the C statistic and had significant impact on risk reclassification and integrated discrimination for AKI. Preoperative uric acid is related to postoperative AKI and improves the predictive ability of AKI. This finding suggests that preoperative measurement of uric acid may help stratify risks for AKI in in patients undergoing CABG.Graphical Abstract