Table 3 Opinions of care providers about medications use after onset of AKI and the proportions of these medications prescribed within 24Â hours of AKI, according to type of major surgery in Calgary, Alberta, between 2005-2012
Survey | % of Patients that were Prescribed Medication within one day of AKI onset, by surgery type | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Questions | Physicians that agreed, n (%) |  | Abdominal, %, (N = 941) | Cardiac, %, (N = 1550) | Retroperitoneal, %, (N = 302) | Thoracic, %, (N = 87) | Vascular, %, (N = 403) |
Diuretics should be avoided in the absence of volume overload after the onset of AKI | 19 (95) | Diuretics | 15 | 38 | 6 | 16 | 25 |
Patients with AKI should not receive NSAIDs after the onset of AKI | 19 (95) | NSAID | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 3 |
Patients with AKI should avoid ACEI and/or ARB drugs after the onset of AKI | 12 (60) | ACEI or ARB | 5 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
Intravenous crystalloids should be used to optimize hemodynamic status and restore effective circulating volume and blood pressure in patients with AKI after major surgery | 20 (100) | IV Crystalloid | 55 | 20 | 22 | 61 | 52 |