Abstract:Purpose: To evaluate if prior to intensive care unit (ICU) statin use improve the clinical outcomes, for critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI).Materials and Methods: Patients with AKI were selected from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV v1.0 database for this retrospective observational study. The primary outcome was 30-day ICU mortality. 30-day in-hospital mortality and ICU length of stay (LOS) were considered as secondary outcomes. Comparison of mortality between pre-ICU sta… Show more
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