Incidence and risk factors of acute kidney injury after total joint arthroplasty; a retrospective cohort study

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Hypothesis: To find the incidence and risk factors of acute kidney injury in arthroplasty patients. Data showed that age, obesity, smoking and COPD are risk factors of AKI. Surprisingly, hypertension and renal dysfunction were not among the risk factors. Data collection was done by manually retrieving patient information through electronic patient record (EPR).

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