Open AccessRapid detection of acute kidney injury by plasma cystatin C in the intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Morris Nejat,
John W. Pickering,
Robert Walker,
Zoltán Endre
Publication year - 2010
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/gfq176
Subject(s) - cystatin c , medicine , acute kidney injury , intensive care unit , creatinine , renal function , critically ill , urology , intensive care medicine , plasma levels , kidney disease
Plasma cystatin C (pCysC) has been proposed as an alternative to plasma creatinine (pCr) as a measure of renal function. We compared the detection of functional change by both biomarkers in critically ill patients.
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