Plasma neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin diagnosed acute kidney injury in patients with systemic inflammatory disease and sepsis

• Main Authors: Md Ralib, Azrina, Mat Nor, Mohd Basri, Pickering, John W.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/50448/1/50448_-_Plasma_Neutrophil_Gelatinase_Associated_Lipocalin_Diagnosed.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50448/4/50448-Plasma%20Neutrophil%20Gelatinase-Associated%20Lipocalin%20diagnosed_MYRA%20evidence.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50448/5/50448-Plasma%20Neutrophil%20Gelatinase-Associated%20Lipocalin%20diagnosed_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50448/6/50448-Plasma%20Neutrophil%20Gelatinase-Associated%20Lipocalin%20diagnosed_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50448/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nep.12796/full

Aim: Sepsis is the leading cause of ICU admission. Plasma NGAL is a promising biomarker for AKI detection, however it is also increased with inflammation and few studies have been conducted in non-caucasion populations and/or in developing economies. Therefore, we evaluated plasma NGAL’s diagnost...