Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Renal Dysfunction and Arrhythmia Association in Patients Receiving Milrinone After Cardiac Surgery
Authors' conclusion
There was no association between new arrhythmias, milrinone, and renal impairment in patients postcardiac surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Adults receiving milrinone infusion in the intensive care unit (ICU) after CABG, valvuloplasty, annuloplasty or a combination, July 1, 2014 to July 1, 2021
- Participants
- 197 adults
- Exposure
- Renal impairment vs No renal impairment
- Outcome
- New arrhythmias after initial milrinone infusion postcardiac surgery
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
P = 0.76
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Time to first new arrhythmia from milrinone initiation
P = 0.54
Hospital LOS · longer with renal impairment
P = 0.016
Arrhythmia type, ICU LOS, ICU mortality, hospital mortality
- Not different between the cohorts
Original publication
Renal Dysfunction and Arrhythmia Association in Patients Receiving Milrinone After Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 25 November 2022. doi:10.
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