Obesity linked to kidney problems after heart surgery
by Ashley Culver | Posted on Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2012 — 2:38 PM
Obesity increases the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) following cardiac surgery, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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