Abstract

Urinary oxygen tension (PO2) may provide a useful estimate of renal medullary PO2 and thus risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). However, the relationship between urinary PO2 and medullary PO2 could be confounded by variations in urine flow and arterial PO2. In the current study we exploited data we had previously generated, from experimental studies in ovine septic AKI and in patients undergoing cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), to perform a detailed analysis of the influences of urine flow and arterial PO2 on urinary PO2.

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