... for AKI definition and neglecting smaller changes could result in late diagnosis and impaired prognostication. We aimed to assess the prognostic utility of minor creatinine changes (“twitches”) in a large cohort of ST-segment-elevation myocardial infraction (STEMI) patients and determine an optimal cutoff...

... of risk factors, such as obesity-related hypertension and metabolic syndrome (group 4). The study groups were compared to a group of healthy controls (group 5). PWV was measured by applanation tonometry (SphygmoCor, SCOR-Vx, Sydney, NSW, Australia) and laboratory parameters (serum creatinine, serum...

... and orthotopic heart transplant) in the first 365 days of follow-up. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was higher for NT-proBNP (0.77) than the creatinine (0.57), NGAL (0.55) or creatinine clearance (0.54). In multivariable analyses, NT-proBNP ( P = 0.001) and NGAL ( P = 0.004) were...

...Fangfang Zhou; Qun Luo; Lina Han; Huadong Yan; Wenhong Zhou; Zemin Wang; Yumei Li Background/Aims: To assess the prognostic accuracy of absolute serum creatinine (sCr) changes (‘Delta-sCr’) on the long-term outcomes in cirrhotic patients, and evaluate the performance of the ‘Delta-sCr’ approach...

...Timothy J. Pianta; John W. Pickering; Lena Succar; Melvin Chin; Trent Davidson; Nicholas A. Buckley; Fahim Mohamed; Zoltan H. Endre Background/Aims: Plasma cystatin C (pCysC) may be superior to serum creatinine (sCr) as a surrogate of GFR. However, the performance of pCysC for diagnosing acute...

.../min per 1.73 m 2 ) and albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR, ≥30 mg/g) were tested using quantile regression models that adjusted for CKD risk factors. Results: The prevalence of decreased eGFR creatinine-cystatinC (5.9 vs. 3.1 %, p <0.001) and albuminuria (20.2 vs. 8.8 %, p<0.001) were higher...

.... Methods: Prospective case series in 16 patients with thyroid dysfunction. Serum creatinine, 24-hour creatinine clearance, calculated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by Cockroft-Gault, estimated GFR (eGFR) by the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation, serum cystatin C, eGFR based...

... significantly lower in the stressed group (p < 0.05); nevertheless, no significant difference was found in the cortical/medullar ratio or in the volume-weighted mean glomerular volume. The number of glomeruli per kidney was 45% lower in the stressed group (p < 0.0001), but no change in serum creatinine...

...Srini Godevithanage; Piyumi P. Kanankearachchi; Mahanama P. Dissanayake; Thilak A. Jayalath; Nimal Chandrasiri; Rangani P. Jinasena; Ranjith P.V. Kumarasiri; Chulananda D.A. Goonasekera Background: Spot urine albumin/creatinine ratio is a reliable estimate of 24-hour urine albumin excretion...

...P. Benöhr; A. Grenz; J.T. Hartmann; G.A. Müller; S. Blaschke Background: Cystatin C has recently been proposed as an ideal marker for glomerular filtration rate (GFR). In this study, cystatin C serum levels were evaluated in comparison to serum creatinine concentrations and inulin clearances...

..., reviews and meta-analyses dealing with the question of prevention of RCIN by NAC have been controversial. Nearly all investigators used serum creatinine as surrogate end point of their trials, and changes in serum creatinine concentrations are thought to reflect the extent of renal injury as primary...

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