Progress of research on adult cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury

Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA- AKI) is one of clinical critical diseases, with complex pathogenic factors and pathogenesis, being a great challenge to clinicians. There are still a lot of controversies in the prevention and treatment of CSA-AKI. This article focused on the progress of research on CSA- AKI. Key words: Cardiac surgery; Acute kidney injury