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Influence of severity of illness on neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin performance as a marker of acute kidney injury: a prospective cohort study of patients with sepsis

BACKGROUND: The role of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a diagnostic marker for acute kidney injury (AKI) in sepsis is still debated. We hypothesized that in sepsis, the performance of serum(s) and urinary(u) NGAL can be negatively impacted by severity of illness and inflammatio...

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Autores principales: Vanmassenhove, Jill, Glorieux, Griet, Lameire, Norbert, Hoste, Eric, Dhondt, Annemieke, Vanholder, Raymond, Van Biesen, Wim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4352556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25868473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-015-0003-y