Cystatin C is correlated with mortality in patients with and without acute kidney injury | Zendy

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Cystatin C is correlated with mortality in patients with and without acute kidney injury

Author(s) -

Max Bell,

Fredrik Granath,

Johan Mårtensson,

Erland Löfberg,

Anders Ekbom,

ClaesRoland Martling

Publication year - 2009

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/gfp196

Subject(s) - medicine , cystatin c , acute kidney injury , creatinine , renal function , cohort , rifle , hazard ratio , quartile , proportional hazards model , cystatin , gastroenterology , confidence interval , archaeology , history

Recent research has shown cystatin C to predict mortality and cardiovascular morbidity independent of renal function. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of cystatin C on mortality in adult general ICU patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). We later expanded the study and included patients without signs of AKI.

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