New lab test helps predict kidney damage
Friday, July 24, 2009 - 15:56
in Health & Medicine
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in patients in intensive care. A new laboratory test called urine neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) helps predict if patients will develop acute kidney injury, reports an upcoming study in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). 'As a stand-alone marker, urine NGAL performed moderately well in predicting ongoing and subsequent AKI,' comments T. Alp Ikizler, MD (Vanderbilt University)...