Sensitivity and specificity of a single emergency department measurement of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for diagnosing acute kidney injury.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on June 03, 2008

Authors

Thomas L Nickolas1, Matthew J O'Rourke, Jun Yang, Meghan E Sise, Pietro A Canetta, Nicholas Barasch, Charles Buchen, Faris Khan, Kiyoshi Mori, James Giglio, Prasad Devarajan, Jonathan Barasch

Author Affiliations

1: Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA. tln2001@columbia.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Biomonitoring and Cardiorenal Syndrome in Heart Failure(BIONICS-HF) Trial (BIONICS-HF) | NCT01570153

Renal Arterial Resistive Index Versus Novel Biomarkers for Early Prediction of Sepsis Associated-acute Kidney Injury (RRIBIOSAKI) | NCT03799159

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