Kidney Injury Molecule 1 (KIM-1) as an Early Predictor for Acute Kidney Injury in Post-Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) in Open Heart Surgery Patients

Introduction. Postoperative acute kidney injury is associated with a higher mortality, a more complicated hospital course with longer hospital stay. Urinary kidney injury molecule 1 may play an important role as an early predictor of acute kidney injury post-cardiopulmonary in open heart surgery. Me...

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Main Authors: Nora A. Khreba, Mostafa Abdelsalam, A. M. Wahab, Mohammed Sanad, Rania Elhelaly, Mohammed Adel, Ghada El-Kannishy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6265307