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SUBMITTER: Parikh CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3171945 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parikh Chirag R CR Coca Steven G SG Thiessen-Philbrook Heather H Shlipak Michael G MG Koyner Jay L JL Wang Zhu Z Edelstein Charles L CL Devarajan Prasad P Patel Uptal D UD Zappitelli Michael M Krawczeski Catherine D CD Passik Cary S CS Swaminathan Madhav M Garg Amit X AX
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20110811 9
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of cardiac surgery and increases morbidity and mortality. The identification of reliable biomarkers that allow earlier diagnosis of AKI in the postoperative period may increase the success of therapeutic interventions. Here, we conducted a prospective, multicenter cohort study involving 1219 adults undergoing cardiac surgery to evaluate whether early postoperative measures of urine IL-18, urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) ...[more]