Patients with pulmonary hypertension at high risk for acute kidney injury

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Patients admitted with background secondary pulmonary hypertension may have an increased risk for acute kidney injury and adverse outcomes, according to a presenter at the CHEST Annual Meeting.
“Our study, though preliminarily, suggests important clinical implications,” Akhil Jain, MD, resident physician at Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Darby, Pennsylvania, told Healio. “Patients having pulmonary hypertension may have increased chances of risk for acute kidney injury. Such patients may have poor in-hospital outcomes that warrant extra vigilance in

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Patients admitted with background secondary pulmonary hypertension may have an increased risk for acute kidney injury and adverse outcomes, according to a presenter at the CHEST Annual Meeting.
“Our study, though preliminarily, suggests important clinical implications,” Akhil Jain, MD, resident physician at Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Darby, Pennsylvania, told Healio. “Patients having pulmonary hypertension may have increased chances of risk for acute kidney injury. Such patients may have poor in-hospital outcomes that warrant extra vigilance in