Review Article
Pharmacological Strategies to Prevent Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
Table 1
Meta-analysis comparing the efficacy of sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride for contrast-induced AKI prophylaxis.
| References | Number of patients | Number of trials | RR | 95% CI | value | Authors | Year | Low | High |
| Hogan et al. [38] | 2008 | 1,307 | 7 | 0.37 | 0.18 | 0.714 | 0.005 | Kanbay et al. [39] | 2009 | 2,448 | 17 | 0.54 | 0.36 | 0.83 | ND | Navaneethan et al. [40] | 2009 | 1,652 | 12 | 0.46 | 0.26 | 0.82 | 0.008 | Zoungas et al. [41] | 2009 | | | | | | | (i) Published studies | | 1,846 | 9 | 0.43 | 0.25 | 0.75 | 0.02 | (ii) Unpublished studies | | 1,717 | 14 | 0.78 | 0.52 | 1.17 | 0.05 | Kunadian et al. [42] | 2011 | 1,734 | 7 | 0.33 | 0.16 | 0.69 | 0.003 | Jang et al. [37] | 2012 | 3,609 | 19 | 0.56 | 0.36 | 0.86 | 0.008 |
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