Early Trends in Cystatin C and Outcomes in Patients with Cirrhosis and Acute Kidney Injury
Belcher JM, Sanyal AJ, Garcia-Tsao G, Ansari N, Coca SG, Shlipak MG, Parikh CR. Early Trends in Cystatin C and Outcomes in Patients with Cirrhosis and Acute Kidney Injury. International Journal Of Nephrology 2014, 2014: 708585. PMID: 24757564, PMCID: PMC3976933, DOI: 10.1155/2014/708585.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute kidney injuryKidney injuryGlomerular filtrationCystatin CCourse of AKIOnset of AKIProgression of AKIProspective multicenter studyEventual dialysisRenal dysfunctionSerum creatinineSevere complicationsComposite endpointPrimary outcomeMulticenter studyAdverse outcomesMore rapid identificationCystatin levelsWeight cysteine proteinase inhibitorCirrhosisCreatininePatientsMultivariate analysisAccurate markerReference group