NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 24 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:

Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in 12% of patients after noncardiac surgery and in up to 40% of patients post cardiac surgery.

While there are not any reliable FDA-approved ways to prevent AKI post-surgery, Antonio Hernandez, MD, Edward Sherwood, PhD, MD, Mark de Castecker, MBBS, PhD, and colleagues are hoping to change this with their novel pretreatment strategy.

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