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High-Dose Perioperative Atorvastatin and Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery - A Randomized Clinical Trial

F Billings, P Hendricks, J Schildcrout, Y Shi, M Petracek, J Byrne, N Brown JAMA, 2016, online first Feb 2016

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Up to 30% of cardiac surgery patients develop acute kidney injury, and this is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. An observational study of statins reported a 22% decrease RR in AKI associated with preoperative statin treatment in adjusted analyses.

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