Open AccessUrinary interleukin-18 is an acute kidney injury biomarker in critically ill children
Author(s) -
Kimberly K Washburn,
Michael Zappitelli,
A. A. Arikan,
Laura L. Loftis,
Rajesh Yalavarthy,
Chirag R. Parikh,
Charles L. Edelstein,
Stuart L. Goldstein
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfm638
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , creatinine , urinary system , biomarker , kidney disease , urine , gastroenterology , odds ratio , urology , biochemistry , chemistry
Urinary interleukin-18 (uIL-18) is an earlier acute kidney injury (AKI) biomarker than serum creatinine (SCr) in specific populations. In the present study, the relationship between uIL-18 and AKI was determined in a heterogeneous group of critically ill children.
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