Society of Thoracic Surgeons Score Predicts Kidney Injury in Patients Not Undergoing Bypass Surgery Chih-Hsiang Chang, MD, Chung-Ming Fu, MD, Chia-Hung Yang, MD, Pei-Chun Fan, MD, Ping-Chien Li, MS, Guo-Yuan Hsu, MS, Shao- Wei Chen, MD, Chih-Wei Yang, MD, Chun-Chi Chen, MD, Yung-Chang Chen, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 1, Pages 123-129 (January 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.072 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Distribution of Society of Thoracic Surgeons mortality risk score (STS)-renal failure score on admission according to risk of renal failure, injury to kidney, failure of kidney function, loss of kidney function, and end-stage renal failure (RIFLE) classification. (p < 0.001 between groups by one-way analysis of variance; AKI = acute kidney injury; RIFLE = risk, injury, failure, loss of function, and end-stage renal disease.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 123-129DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.072) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions