Variation in clinical usefulness of biomarkers of acute kidney injury in young children undergoing cardiac surgery

• Main Authors: Hee Sun Baek (Author), Youngok Lee (Author), Hea Min Jang (Author), Joonyong Cho (Author), Myung Chul Hyun (Author), Yeo Hyang Kim (Author), Su-Kyeong Hwang (Author), Min Hyun Cho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Pediatric Society, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most significant postoperative complications of pediatric cardiac surgery. Because serum creatinine has limitations as a diagnostic marker of AKI, new biomarkers including neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), kidney injury molecule-1 (...