TABLE 2.
Follow-up time and number of patients with AKI under different intervention methods.
| Author | Assessment (or follow-up) time | Number of patients in control group | Number of patients in dexmedetomidine group | Number of patients with AKI in control group | Number of patients with AKI in dexmedetomidine group |
| Jo et al. (18) | Within 2 days after surgery | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 |
| Kim et al. (19) | Postoperative 1-7 day | 68 | 71 | 16 | 12 |
| Kwiatkowski et al. (20) | After cardiac surgery | 102 | 102 | 36 | 24 |
| Ming et al. (21) | Within 48 h after surgery | 30 | 0.2μg/kg/h: 30 0.4μg/kg/h: 30 |
6 | 0.2μg/kg/h: 4 0.4μg/kg/h: 4 |
| Xie et al. (22) | Within 48 h after surgery | 84 | 84 | 16 | 5 |
AKI, acute kidney injury.