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Background and Objectives Previous research suggests that increased duration and lower levels of intraoperative hypotension (IOH) are associated with postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI). However, this association has not been evaluated in the context of intraoperative controlled hypotension (IOCH), a practice that has been linked in the past to improved outcomes with respect to blood loss and transfusion needs. This study aimed to investigate whether IOCH is associated with postoperative AKI among total hip arthroplasty patients at an institution where this technique is commonly practiced.
Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of 2431 unilateral total hip arthroplasty patients who received IOCH under neuraxial anesthesia as well as invasive arterial monitoring between March 2016 and January 2017. Multiple logistic regression was used to compute the adjusted odds ratios of postoperative AKI, adjusting for covariates including duration of intraoperative mean arterial pressure of less than 60 mm Hg. Sensitivity analyses also considered the effects of IOH defined at mean arterial pressure of less than 55 and less than 65 mm Hg.
Results Acute kidney injury occurred in 45 (1.85%) of the 2431 patients in this cohort. Longer duration of hypotension was not associated with increased odds of postoperative AKI. Preexisting differences, such as compromised renal function, best predicted increased odds of AKI.
Conclusions In this study, AKI was rare. We found a lack of association between IOH and postoperative AKI in a setting where neuraxial anesthesia–facilitated IOCH is routinely practiced. Therefore, it seems prudent for future research and clinical guidelines to consider the distinction between inadvertent and controlled hypotension.
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This study was internally funded by the Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY.
J.T.Y. is coinvestigator on a project about intravenous acetaminophen for postoperative analgesia funded by Mallinckrodt and performs editorial board activity for Anesthesia & Analgesia and Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. S.G.M. is a director on the boards of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine. He is a one-time consultant for Sandoz Inc. and the holder of US Patent US-2017-0361063, Multicatheter Infusion System. He is the owner of SGM Consulting, LLC and co-owner of FC Monmouth, LLC. None of the above relations influenced the conduct of the present study. S.M.W. declares no conflict of interest.
Author Contributions: S.M.W. helped design the study, analyze the data, and write the manuscript. J.T.Y. helped design the study, analyze the data, and write the manuscript. S.G.M. helped design the study, analyze the data, and write the manuscript.
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