The Influence of Thyroid Function, Inflammation, and Obesity on Risk Prediction of Acute Kidney Injury by Cystatin C in the Emergency Department

• Main Authors: Moritz Schanz (Author), Dirk Pannes (Author), Jürgen Dippon (Author), Christoph Wasser (Author), Mark Dominik Alscher (Author), Martin Kimmel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: There is a growing role for emergency departments (ED) in assessing acute kidney injury (AKI) for hospital admissions but there are few studies addressing acute kidney injury biomarkers and confounding factors in the ED. Cystatin C (CysC), a newer renal biomarker, is influenced by t...