Comparison of plasma and urine biomarker performance in acute kidney injury

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Schley, Gunnar ^a   Köberle, Carmen ^a   Manuilova, Ekaterina ^b   Rutz, Sandra ^b   Forster, Christian ^a   Weyand, Michael ^a   Formentini, Ivan ^c   Kientsch Engel, Rosemarie ^b   Eckardt, Kai Uwe ^a   Willam, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; KIDNEY INJURY MOLECULE 1; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINALYSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTOR; URINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84957108452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145042     Document Type: Article

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