Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (OCABG) Surgery Outcome: AKI Incidence, Serum Uric Acid, and Cut-Offs of Variables

Purpose: One of the most important challenges of the medical community is to find out the success rate of coronary artery bypass surgery and control complications after surgery, including acute kidney injury (AKI). The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the predictive effect of serum uric acid (SUA) (UA) level in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass (OCABG) surgery.

Methods: The present descriptive-analytical study included 144 patients who underwent OCABG and met the inclusion criteria. SUA and related indicators, duration of hospitalization and stay in ICU, AKI and in-hospital mortality, and 6-month follow-up mortality were investigated.

Results: Patients were divided into high and normal groups based on SUA levels. The prevalence of postoperative AKI was 20% and was significantly associated with the preoperative UA levels (OR: 2.04; CI: 95%; 1.03–4.20). The mortality rate of patients was between 2% and 9%, which increased to 13% in patients with high SUA (p value ~0.224). The average duration of ICU and hospitalization in patients with high UA was longer than the other group (p value ~0.06 and p value ~0.002, respectively).

Conclusion: SUA levels are independently associated with a higher risk of AKI and outcome complications after off-pump CABG, and confounding factors at specific cutoffs affect the odds ratio of UA for AKI occurrence.