Association of Definition of Acute Kidney Injury by Cystatin C Rise With Biomarkers and Clinical Outcomes in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

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Research has identified improved biomarkers of acute kidney injury (AKI). Cystatin C (CysC) is a better glomerular filtration rate marker than serum creatinine (SCr) and may improve AKI definition.

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Title: JAMA Pediatrics

Abbreviated Title: JAMA Pediatr

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN (Print): 2168-6203

Publication date Created: June 01 2015

Publication date (Print): June 01 2015

Volume: 169

Issue: 6

Page: 583

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[1 ]Division of Nephrology, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

[2 ]Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

[3 ]Program of Applied Translational Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut4Clinical Epidemiology Research Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut, West Haven

[4 ]Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California

[5 ]Department of Pediatrics, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York

[6 ]Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

[7 ]Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

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DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.54

PMC ID: 4506750

PubMed ID: 25844892

SO-VID: 742a8956-5034-4204-b4e1-ce445dea6704

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