Jee Young Lee, Hyoungnae Kim, Hyung Woo Kim, Geun Woo Ryu, Yooju Nam, Seonyeong Lee, Young Su Joo, Sangmi Lee, Jung Tak Park, Seung Hyeok Han, Shin-Wook Kang, Tae-Hyun Yoo, Hae-Ryong Yun
Background: Aldosterone-induced glomerular hyperfiltration can lead to masked preoperative renal dysfunction in primary aldosteronism(PA) patients. We evaluated whether PA patients had a higher prevalence of acute kidney injury (AKI) after unilateral adrenalectomy. In addition, we identified risk factors for AKI in these subjects. Methods: This retrospective study included 107 PA patients, and 186 pheochromocytoma patients as a control group, all of whom underwent adrenalectomy between January 2006 and November 2017 at Yonsei University Severance Hospital...
December 2019: Electrolyte & Blood Pressure: E & BP