CRP and acute kidney injury: Some inflammation markers were higher in the AKI group, including C-reactive protein: 19.57 (±9.5) mg/dl in the AKI group vs. 15.03 (±9.3) mg/dl in the non-AKI group, p = 0.03; D-dimer: 1.5 μg/ml (interquartile range (IQR), 0.83–2.26) in the AKI group vs. 0.84 μg/ml (IQR, 0.6–1.29) in the non-AKI group, p = 0.01; procalcitonin: 0.25 ng/ml (IQR, 0.11–0.71) in the AKI group vs 0.18 ng/ml (IQR, 0.08–0.3) in the non-AKI group, p = 0.01; and troponin: 8 pg/ml (IQR, 4.25–38.6) in the AKI group vs. 3 pg/ml (IQR, 2–5.2) in the non-AKI group, p = 0.01.