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SUBMITTER: Ribitsch W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5269674 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ribitsch Werner W Schilcher Gernot G Quehenberger Franz F Pilz Stefan S Portugaller Rupert H RH Truschnig-Wilders Martini M Zweiker Robert R Brodmann Marianne M Stiegler Philipp P Rosenkranz Alexander R AR Pickering John W JW Horina Joerg H JH
Scientific reports 20170127
The aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of urinary neutrophil gelatinase- associated lipocalin (uNGAL) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) as an early biomarker for contrast induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) and to investigate whether patients with an uNGAL increase might benefit from an additional intravenous volume expansion with regard to CI-AKI-incidence. We performed a prospective randomized controlled trial in 617 CKD-patients undergoing intra-arterial ang ...[more]