The bio-sonographic index. A novel modality for early detection of acute kidney injury after complex vascular surgery. A protocol for an exploratory prospective study

• Ahmed Zaky ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: azaky@uabmc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0548-6906

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• Adam W. Beck,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Sejong Bae,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Adam Sturdivant,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Amandiy Liwo,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1906-5392

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• Novak Zdenek,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Nicole McAnally,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Shama Ahmad,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Brad Meers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Michelle Robbin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• J. F. Pittet,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Ashita Tolwani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Dan Berkowitz

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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