Complex Information for Anesthesiologists Presented Quickly and Clearly

AKI = acute kidney injury; CI = cardiac index; CPB = cardiopulmonary bypass; GFR = glomerular filtration rate; NAG = N-acetyl-β-dglucosaminidase; RBF = renal blood flow; RDO2 = renal oxygen delivery.

Infographic created by Jonathan P. Wanderer, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and James P. Rathmell, Brigham and Women’s Health Care/Harvard Medical School; illustration by Annemarie Johnson, Vivo Visuals. Address correspondence to Dr. Wanderer: jonathan.p.wanderer@vanderbilt.edu.

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