A randomized blinded prospective study included 206patients who the candidate for major surgery at South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. From April 2018 till April 2019, a detailed history and careful examination, routine laboratory investigations were done, Baseline ECG was recorded 24hours before surgery and 48hours postoperative at ICU.
The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) postoperatively has been identified to be 21.6% in adults and 18.3% in hospitalized individuals. Surgery-related AKI is a severe complication that is related not only to short-term complications as increases in mortality rate and development of cardiac complications but also with complications on long term, such as development of chronic kidney disease. A better understanding of the mechanism of this hypthesis will lead to better management of this complication.