Sensitivity and Specificity of a Single Emergency Department Measurement of Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase–Associated Lipocalin for Diagnosing Acute Kidney Injury - Concepedia

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Sensitivity and Specificity of a Single Emergency Department Measurement of Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase–Associated Lipocalin for Diagnosing Acute Kidney Injury

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2008

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Thomas L. Nickolas, Matthew O’Rourke, Jun Yang, Meghan E. Sise, Pietro A. Canetta, Nicholas Barasch, Charles Buchen, Faris Khan, Kiyoshi Mori, James Giglio,

Annals of Internal Medicine

Abstract

A single measurement of urinary NGAL helps to distinguish acute injury from normal function, prerenal azotemia, and chronic kidney disease and predicts poor inpatient outcomes.

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