Abstract
Acute renal injury (AKI) is defined as a decrease in renal function leading to accumulation of nitrogenous products and metabolic residues and it is one of the main complications and causes of morbidity and mortality associated with cardiac surgery, with an incidence ranging from 8.9% to 39% and mortality ranging from 3.8% to 54.4%. [1;2;3;4] Worsening of renal function has been associate…