Journal article
Urinalysis findings and urinary kidney injury biomarker concentrations
Abstract
IntroductionUrinary biomarkers of kidney injury are presumed to reflect renal tubular damage. However, their concentrations may be influenced by other factors, such as hematuria or pyuria. We sought to examine what non-injury related urinalysis factors are associated with urinary biomarker levels.MethodsWe examined 714 adults who underwent cardiac surgery in the TRIBE-AKI cohort that did not experience post-operative clinical AKI (patients with …
Authors
Nadkarni GN; Coca SG; Meisner A; Patel S; Kerr KF; Patel UD; Koyner JL; Garg AX; Philbrook HT; Edelstein CL
Journal
BMC Nephrology, Vol. 18, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2017
DOI
10.1186/s12882-017-0629-z
ISSN
1471-2369