Kidney Damage after Heart Bypass Surgery on the Rise
Close to 20,000 cases of kidney damage following bypass surgery occur in the U.S. every year, according to a study conducted at Duke University Medical Center. While the rate of death from that complication has decreased over the past 16 years, the overall incidence of kidney damage has increased. Patients who develop kidney damage also experience much longer hospital stays.
The researchers noted that none of the prevention strategies for postoperative kidney damage seem to have had any effect on its incidence.
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