Abstract:Objective To investigate the predictive value of urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (uACR) for the occurrence and prognosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Methods 82 patients undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB in our hospital were selected from February 2018 to May 2019 and divided into AKI group (n = 30 patients, 36.59%) and non-AKI group (n = 52 patients, 63.41%) according to serum creatinine (SCr) changes. The uACR ratio, SCr, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ (APACHE Ⅱ ) score and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at ICU admission were detected and compared between AKI group and non-AKI group. Multivariate Cox regression model and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve were used to analyze the risk factors of AKI and predictive value of uACR for AKI after the surgery. Results Compared with non-AKI group, the uACR, SCr, APACHE Ⅱ scores in 30 AKI patients were higher (P < 0.05) while eGFR value was lower (P < 0.05). The results of multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that age [Rl ^ R = 1.078 (95% CI: 1.002, 1.315)], hypertension [Rl ^ R = 2.184 (95% CI: 1.294, 5.165)], diabetes mellitus [Rl ^ R = 1.297 (95% CI: 1.046, 1.485)], CPB [Rl ^ R = 3.882 (95% CI: 2.127, 5.089)], aortic cross-clamp time [Rl ^ R = 1.406 (95% CI: 1.079, 2.178)] and uACR at ICU admission [Rl ^ R = 1.914 (95% CI: 1.453, 3.162)] would be the risk factors of AKI (P < 0.05). The area under ROC curve of uACR predictive for AKI, severe AKI and death within 28 days after the surgery were respectively 0.784 (95% CI: 0.691, 0.835), 0.550 (95% CI: 0.507, 0.615), 0.716 (95% CI: 0.680, 0.782). Conclusions Our data suggested that uACR might reflect the severity of early AKI after cardiac surgery with CPB, which would be the sensitive predictor of the occurrence and prognosis of AKI patients with cardiac surgery with CPB.