In 2011 the Program for Applied Translational Research released a study on Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), which was picked up by several news sites. The articles below are several of the sites that chose to write about the study.
The study involves identifying and texting 3 kidney biomarkers to predict AKI in patients after heart operations. The study was intended to show that urine interleukin-18 (IL-18) and plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) are faster at identifying potential kidney damage than blood protein creatinine, while remaining providing the same level of accuracy.
- Acute kidney injury raises risk of long-term adverse outcomes
- Renal biomarkers predict risk of acute kidney injury following surgery in two large studies
- Warning signs predict kidney injury after surgery
- Kidney Injury After Surgery Predicted by Warning Signs
- Study Finds Faster Way to Predict Life-Threatening Kidney Damage After Cardiac Surgery
- Yale research finds predictors of kidney damage post-cardiac surgery
- Kidney Injury after Surgery May be Predicted by use of Biomarkers
- Scientists find warning signs for developing kidney injury after surgery
Submitted by Liz Pantani on January 15, 2013