Aminophylline to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury in Children After Cardiac Surgery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Children with congenital heart defects often need cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
(the "heart-lung machine"). Approximately 35 to 50% of these children will have "acute kidney
injury," or damage to the kidneys, after the procedure. We currently have few medications to
prevent this kidney injury. The hypothesis of this study is that giving aminophylline after
heart surgery can decrease the acute kidney injury.