Early osmotherapy exposure and subsequent incident acute kidney injury in neurocritical care patients: a MIMIC-IV retrospective cohort study

Acute & Chronic Kidney Injury

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Osmotherapy is frequently used in neurocritical care to manage cerebral edema and intracranial hypertension. However, its association with subsequent new-onset acute kidney injury (AKI), and whether early serum sodium or chloride burden materially attenuates this association, remain uncertain. Methods:...