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PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 665-676Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-014-2987-0
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Diagnostic testing; Urine biomarkers; Acute renal failure; Pediatric intensive care unit
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- McGill University Health Centre Research Institute
- Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training Program
- Fonds de Recherches en Sante du Quebec
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Early acute kidney injury (AKI) diagnosis is needed to pursue treatment trials. We evaluated cystatin C (CysC) as an early biomarker of serum creatinine (SCr)-AKI and an alternative to define AKI. We studied 160 non-cardiac children in the intensive care unit (ICU). We measured daily CysC and SCr. AKI was staged by KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) guidelines using SCr and CysC (CysC-AKI). We calculated area under the curve (AUC) for (1) neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), interleukin-18 (IL-18), kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) and urine CysC to diagnose SCr- and CysC-AKI; and (2) for CysC to diagnose SCr-AKI. We evaluated AKI associations with length of stay and ventilation duration. We found that 44 % of patients developed SCr-AKI; 32 % developed CysC-AKI. Early ICU NGAL was most diagnostic of CysC-AKI (AUC 0.69, 95% CI 0.54-0.84); IL-18 was most diagnostic for SCr-AKI (AUC 0.69 95% CI 0.55-0.82). Combining SCr and CysC-AKI definition led to higher biomarker diagnostic AUC's. CysC-AKI was not more strongly associated with clinical outcomes. Early ICU CysC predicted SCr-AKI development (AUC 0.70, 95 % CI 0.53-0.89). Our findings do not support replacing SCr by CysC to define AKI. Early ICU CysC predicts SCr-AKI development and combined SCr-CysC-AKI definition leads to stronger AKI biomarker associations.
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