Biomarkers of eGFR decline after cardiac surgery in children: findings from the ASSESS-AKI study
de Fontnouvelle C, Zappitelli M, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Jia Y, Kimmel P, Kaufman J, Devarajan P, Parikh C, Greenberg J. Biomarkers of eGFR decline after cardiac surgery in children: findings from the ASSESS-AKI study. Pediatric Nephrology 2023, 38: 2851-2860. PMID: 36790467, DOI: 10.1007/s00467-023-05886-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCyanotic heart diseaseChronic kidney diseaseEGFR declineCardiac surgeryHeart diseaseUrine uromodulinMedian eGFRIL-18Study visitGraphical abstractA higher resolution versionLong-term chronic kidney diseaseGlomerular filtration rate declineFaster eGFR declineIL-18 concentrationsLower median eGFRSurgical complexity scoreAcyanotic heart diseaseCongenital heart diseaseSubgroup of childrenTubular healthOverall cohortClinical factorsUrine biomarkersKidney diseaseUrinary biomarkers