A presentation by Peter Noordzij at the 2017 meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Anaestesiology and Intensive Care Medicine.
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RISK STRATIFICATION FOR AKI
High risk surgery
Ischemic heart disease
Congestive heart failure
Cerebrovascular disease
Insulin therapy for diabetes
Creatinine >2.0 mg/dL (177 umol/L)
Revised cardiac risk index
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RISK STRATIFICATION FOR AKI
Diabetes Hypertension Proteinuria
Serum creatinine fluctuations
Older age
CKD
Meersch et al. Anesth Analg 2017
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Mooney et al. Anesthesiology 2013
STUDIE DESIGN Meta-analysis
POPULATION 49 studies
TYPE OF SURGERY Mainly cardiac and vascular surgery (44 studies)
TEST eGFR
STUDY PERIOD 30 days, long term
ENDPOINTS Mortality, MACE, AKI
RISK STRATIFICATION
eGFR <60
3 fold risk of 30-day death
3 fold risk of 30-day AKI
1.6 fold risk of long term death
1.5 fold risk of long term MACE
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ANEMIA AND AKI
Walsh et al. Anesth Analg 2013
STUDIE DESIGN Observational cohort study
POPULATION 27,381 patients
TYPE OF SURGERY Major noncardiac surgery
INTERVENTION None
STUDY PERIOD 7 days
ENDPOINT AKI
7.5 mmol/l 2.0 g/dl = 1.2 mmol/l
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CONCLUSIONS ANEMIA
Preoperative anemia is common and a risk factor
for AKI
Δ Hb > 2 mmol/l occurs often and further
identifies patients at risk for AKI
Actual cause of AKI is most likely a combination
of renal ischemia and inflammation
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FLUID MANAGEMENT AND AKI
AKI
compartment
syndrome
Venous congestion
▼ oxygenation
Fluid overload
+
inflammation
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GDT AND RENAL OUTCOME
Pearse et al. JAMA 2014
STUDIE DESIGN Randomised controlled trial
POPULATION 734 patients
TYPE OF SURGERY Major abdominal surgery
INTERVENTION CO guided HD therapy until 6h post surgery
STUDY PERIOD 30 days
ENDPOINT Composite of mortality and complications
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GDT AND RENAL OUTCOME
Schmid et al. Crit Care 2016
STUDIE DESIGN Randomised controlled trial
POPULATION 180 patients
TYPE OF SURGERY Major abdominal surgery
INTERVENTION GDT with PiCCO
STUDY PERIOD 30 days
ENDPOINT Change in creatinine, complications, mortality
Δ creat 18 ± 39 vs 16 ± 42 umol/l
Δ eGFR -12 ± 24 vs -10 ± 24 umol/l
Small difference in dobutamine use
Dialysis 5 vs 5%
Hospital mortality 5 vs 4%
Risk factors for AKI are: hypotension (MAP <70),
hypovolemia (GEDI <640), use of colloids (HES)
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TYPE OF FLUID
STUDIE DESIGN Randomised controlled trial
POPULATION 2,278 ICU patients
TYPE OF SURGERY Cardiac and noncardiac surgery
INTERVENTION None
STUDY PERIOD 90 days
ENDPOINT AKI, mortality
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CONCLUSIONS FLUID MANAGEMENT
Fluid overload and risk of impaired renal
perfusion and oxygenation
GDT does not attenuate the risk of AKI
Balanced crystalloid solutions do not prevent AKI
compared with 0.9% NaCl in surgical ICU
patients
Colloids should be avoided in patients at risk of
AKI
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HYPOTENSION AND AKI
Sun et al. Anesthesiology 2015
STUDIE DESIGN Retrospective cohort study
POPULATION 5,127 patients
TYPE OF SURGERY Noncardiac surgery
INTERVENTION None
STUDY PERIOD 48 hours
ENDPOINT AKI for MAP 55, 60, 65mmHg
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HYPOTENSION AND AKI
Rettig et al. Eur J Anesthesiology 2017
STUDIE DESIGN Observational cohort study
POPULATION 202 patients
TYPE OF SURGERY Major abdominal surgery
INTERVENTION None
STUDY PERIOD 7 days
ENDPOINT eGFR on day 1, 3, 7
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CONCLUSIONS HYPOTENSION
Episodes of hypotension may lead to AKI and should be
kept as short as possible
Optimal perfusion pressure cannot be specified and
depends on autoregulatory range (premorbid conditions)
For now, MAP >55 mmHg seems relatively safe
Which vasopressor is most effective is unknown
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OVERALL CONCLUSIONS (I)
AKI is a major cause for in-hospital mortality
AKI may lead to late-stage CKD and cardiovascular events
eGFR is more accurate than creatinine in risk stratification
Treatment options are limited
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OVERALL CONCLUSIONS (II)
Identify the high risk patient
Treat pre-operative anemia
Minimize Hb drops
Prevent fluid overload
Reduce I/R injury by treating hypotensive episodes
Good afternoon, my name is Peter Noordzij and I work as an anesthetist and ICU physician in a large referral hospital for cardiac and abdominal surgery in The Netherlands.
This presentation will be about determinants of acute kidney injury during the surgical period.
I have no disclosures related to this topic
Each year in The Netherlands approximately 3% of the population is undergoing a major surgerical procedure. With an overall postoperative mortality just below 2%. Acute kidney injury after surgery is common (30-40% of all AKIs) and occurs in more than 7% of patients undergoing major surgery. Depending on risk factors, such as type of surgery, the incidence of AKI ranges from 7 to 48%.
Mortality after AKI depends on the severity of the disease. The slide displays the current AKI stages and diagnosing criteria. The mildest form of AKI (stage I) is characterised by either an absolute creatinine increas within 48 hours, of a relative increases wihin 7 days or a lack of urine production for 6-12 hours.
AKI related mortality 18% risk class, 46% failure class according to RIFLE criteria
AKI most common in cardiac, CPB, pre-ex CKD, gastric bypass
AKI in 1% of patients with a normal preop kidney function
The majority of patients who suffer an episode of AKI will recover. And laboratory values will suggest complete or near complete recovery of renal function.
This makes it easy to underestimat ethe effect of AKI, but the truth is that a significant portion of post-AKI survivors will develop CKD. CKD is a risk factor future AKI, with further deterioration of renal function. CKD is associated with higher risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) such as MI, stroke, and heart failure.
Progression of CKD as a result of critical reduction of renal mass that leads to compensatory glomerular hypertrophy and increased glomerular pressures culminating in glomerulonefrosis.
Renal disease is a marker of cardiac risk in many settings, including surgery. To determine such risk models often use creatinine to identify patients with moderate to severe renal dysfunction. However, estimated GFR provides a more accurate indication of renal function than serum creatinine.
Simple formulae, which combine basic demographic information with serum creatinine levels to estimate GFR can be used for risk stratification. The CKD-EPI formula is most accurate. (provides a more precise estimate of GFR at higher levels).
In healthy persons MDRD is not specific enough.
Albuminuria results when increased permeability allows filtration of protein across the glomerular membrane, and it is thought to reflect the generalized vascular endothelial dysfunction (Steno hypothesis) [9] or systemic inflammation involving the glomerulus
AKI is a serious surgical complication with high hospitalization related death rates and long-term consequences. Risk stratification for AKI must include proper detection of CKD that may not be reflected by a significant decrease in eGFR. History of diabetes, hypertension, proteinuria, high serum creatinine nonlinearity, African-American race, and older age should at least be considered as important risk factors for AKI and further progression to CKD.
In a meta-analysis published in … the aim was to clarify the strength and consistency of the relationship between eGFR and adverse outcomes after any type of surgery.
This figure shows relative risk of all-cause mortality within 30 days of surgery in selected subgroups of patients with baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) &lt;60 ml・min・1.73 m−2
Estimated glomerular filtration rate less than 60 is associated with a three fold increased risk of mortality. With a strong non linear increase in mortality at lower preop eGFR rates
MDRD = Modified Diet in Renal Disease Study.
Besides pre-operative renal impairment there are several other patiënt and surgical risk factors for AKI. Such as comorbidities, type of surgery and anesthesia related factors (hypotension, transfusion ans use of nephrotoxic agents).
Several patient characteristics and surgical risk factors predispose for AKI. However, many of them cannot be influenced by anesthesia management. For example undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB associated systemic inflammation.
Luckily there are several risk factors we can influence. For example by reducing prolonged periods of hypotension or preventing fluid overload and anemia.
The rest of his presentation will discuss the anesthesia management of these modifiable AKI risk factors.
Intraoperative: I/R injury, hypotension, inflammtion, CPB (off pump in favor of AKI), abdominal compartment syndrome (low urine output during surgery is not predictive of AKI, but fluid overload + edema is)
In a large, single-center study of xxx patients Walsh and colleagues investigated the relationship between perioperative Hb levels and AKI.
This slide shows low pre-operative hemoglobin concentrations are an important risk factor for AKI. Almost 30% of patients had a preoperative Hb below 7.5 mmol/l and a decrease in Hb of 1 mmo/l doubled the risk of AKI.
Similarly, postoperative decrements in hemoglobin were independently associated with AKI. (reduce the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood)
Larger decrements in hemoglobin may represent bleeding, hypotension, blood transfusions and extensive surgery with greater systemic inflammation.
In either case, the measured decrement in hemoglobin is an easily quantified risk factor for AKI
Results: Hb &lt;7.5 = 29%
Daling &gt;4.0 g/L = 32%
AKI = 7.4%
Major surgery is associated with inflammation. Inflammation leads to endothelial dysfunction and tissue edema.
If we overload the patient with fluids, tissue edema increases with an increased risk of AKI.
Reasons are: renal compartment syndrome, venous congestion and renal hypoxia.
The kidneys are enclosed in a fascia. Renal volume expansion may lead to raised tissue pressure and, in severe cases, RCS.
Also, fluid administration may decrease oxygen delivery due to hemodilution. AND lead to increased sodium filtration, reabsorptive work and oxygen consumption will increase
Hypotension and impaired CO reduce RBF and cause AKI. However, AKI is commonly seen despite restoration of CO and mean arterial pressure. In septic patients, increased central venous pressure (CVP) have been associated with AKI progression (In 137 septic patients, CVP but not CO or MAP was independently associated with new or persistent AKI).
(Finally, stressed tubular cells consume more than twice the amount of oxygen than the healthy kidney to reabsorb the same amount of sodium)
As no specific AKI-treatment exists, hemodynamic support including fluid management remains the cornerstone of treatment of patients at risk of AKI.
Administration of intravenous fluids, used to maintain renal blood flow (RBF), renal tissue oxygenation and glomerular filtration rate (GFR).
Two recent RCTs assessed the impact of GDT on renal outcomes following major noncardiac surgery. The largest study randomized 734 patients undergoing major abdominal surgery to a CO-guided algorithm (GDT group) during and 6 h following surgery or to usual care.
During the intervention period, the administered volumes were similar in the two groups (median 4190 ml in the GDT group vs. 4024 ml in the usual care group). AKI, which was defined as a doubling of serum creatinine or sustained oliguria less than 0.5 ml/kg/h for 12 h, occurred in 17 (approximately 5%) patients in each group.
Although this trial was negative, In an additional updated meta-analysis, the inclusion of the OPTIMISE results further strengthened the overall conclusion that GDT of some type is probably beneficial for high-risk patients and has few documented adverse effects.
In a more recent second RCT … patients undergoing abdominal surgery underwent fluid optimalisation using picco (CI &gt;2.5, MAP &gt;70 (GEDI = global end diastolic index)).
Also in this study no differences in HD parameters were found between groups, which is probably the result of performing the trial itself.
Besides the amount of intravenous fluid administration, type of fluid can be a major determinant of AKI.
Evidence suggests that chloride-rich solutions may cause harm. In some recent observational studies, infusion of chloride rich-solutions was associated with a higher occurrence rate of AKI and need for RRT than infusion of balanced solutions. Additional experimental studies suggest that chloride-rich solutions decrease RBF and GFR via tubule-glomerular feedback-activation.
RCT 2278 eligible ICU patients were enrolled. Incidence of AKI 9-10%. Among patients receiving crystalloid fluid therapy in the ICU, use of a buffered crystalloid compared with saline did not reduce the risk of AKI.
Figure: Day 0 is the day of enrollment. The baseline creatinine was defined as lowest serum creatinine in 6 months prior to intensive care unit admission.
The prestudy fluid therapy creatinine was defined as the most recent measurement of serum creatinine taken in the 24 hours prior to the commencement of study fluid.
Serum creatinine values are approximated by a log-normal distribution so results are presented as geometric means. The error bars indicate 95%CIs.
Hypotension is most prevalent during the intraoperative period and may be an important determinant of postoperative AKI.
Kidneys maintain glomerular filtration through activation of the sympathetic nervous system (ADH, Angiotensin II), but persistent hypoperfusion leads to ischemia due to vasoconstriction.
The minimum magnitude and duration of hypotension needed to trigger harm is unclear.
This compensatory effect is dependent of autoregulation, which is impaired in patients with chronic renal impairment.
A historical animal study demonstrated a MAP of 50 to 60 mmHg to be the lower limit of autoregulation of renal blood flow
AKIN criteria 50% relative or 0,3
In a retrospective study of 5,127 patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, an increased risk of postoperative acute kidney injury (defined as more than 50% or 0.3 mg/dl increase in serum creatinine concentration) was found when intraoperative mean arterial pressure was less than 60 mmHg for more than 20 min and less than 55 mmHg for more than 10 min mg/dl increase.
In a sensitivity analysis, the association between MAP &lt; 55 and renal dysfunction was lost for AKI stage I, but remained present or longer duration of hypotension indifferent subgroups.
An association between hypotension and change in eGFR could not be observed in a recent study performed by our group. Routine perioperative creatinine measurements were performed in 202 patients undergoing abdominal surgery. instead of measurement on indication. Endpoint was change in eGFR as eGFR represents renal function better than creatinine.
This slide shows the association for each minute spend below absolute and relative MAP tresholds and the relationship with change in postoperative eGFR.
In MV analysis non of the intraoperativ ehypotension definitions were associated with change in eGFR.
It seems that in daily practice anesthesia teams are able to minimize the influence of hypotension due to adequate HD management.
Also, Dicohotomising continues variables increases the risk of a type I error, continuous variable increases statistical power
Possibly underpowered? May be used as a basis for sample size calculations
Dexmed to prevent AKI appears promising but data remain unsufficient to make a clear recommendation
Statins are associated with reduced risk of AKI in cohort studies, but RCTs are lacking
Urinary alkalization is not beneficial in preventing AKI
eGFR is a more accurate measure of renal function than creatinine and enables milder degrees of renal dysfunction to be detected.
Treatment options are limited. Risk assessment and prevention are important