Open AccessSerum Cystatin C as an Indicator of Renal Function and Mortality in Liver Transplant Recipients
Author(s) -
Alina M. Allen,
Woojin Kim,
Joseph J. Larson,
Colin Colby,
Terry M. Therneau,
Andrew D. Rule
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000000552
Subject(s) - cystatin c , renal transplant , renal function , medicine , urology , gastroenterology , kidney
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important comorbidity after liver transplantation (LT); however, reliable tools with which to evaluate these patients are limited. In this work, we examine the extent to which the addition of serum cystatin C improves glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation and mortality prediction, in comparison to various GFR-estimating equations.