What is the relationship between CPB temperature and the development of AKI?
Two RCTs1014,1015 showed no effect of CPB temperature on renal function in patients undergoing CABG, whereas a 2010 observational study1016 of 1072 subjects identified a relationship between a CPB temperature 27 C and the development of AKI (OR: 1.66; 95% CI: 1.16 to 2.39; P 0.005).