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01-04-2020 | Acute Kidney Injury | Letter to the Editor
Rebuttal to Letter to Editor: Determining Novel Urinary Biomarkers for Acute Kidney Injury and Prediction of Clinical Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Authors:
Fumiya Yoneyama, Kazushi Maruo
Published in:
Pediatric Cardiology
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Issue 4/2020
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Excerpt
We have evaluated the perioperative risk factors for acute kidney injury (AKI) and the validity of novel diagnostic urinary biomarkers after pediatric cardiac surgery [
1]. As a result, urinary liver-type fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) can be useful biomarkers for detecting early AKI after pediatric cardiac surgery and for predicting adverse clinical outcomes. …