Serum Metabolic Profile of Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury Following Infant Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Moderate-to-severe AKI after infant cardiac surgery is associated with changes in the serum metabolome, including prominent changes to purine, methionine, and kynurenine/nicotinamide metabolism. A portion of infants with mild AKI demonstrated similar metabolic changes, suggesting a potential role for metabolic analysis in the evaluation of lower stage injury.