1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 300 600 🫀💊 Can 4 doses help protect the kidney after cardiac surgery? MERCURI-2 randomized 784 patients to perioperative dapagliflozin or placebo. AKI within 7 days fell from 52% to 28%—RR 0.54, an absolute reduction of ~24% and NNT ≈4. 📉 Intriguingly, the signal was driven largely by urine-output–defined AKI; creatinine-only AKI was unchanged. Hard 30-day outcomes were also unchanged. 🎙️ A provocative new chapter in perioperative cardiorenal protection. 🛡️ Dr. RR Baliga's 'Podkast for the Kurious Doc'. Where Curiosity meets Clarity! http://www.MasterMedFacts.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/42581225/height/300/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="300" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/205516775