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Plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as an early biomarker for prediction of acute kidney injury after cardio-pulmonary bypass in pediatric cardiac surgery
 
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Submission date: 2011-07-27
 
 
Final revision date: 2011-09-14
 
 
Acceptance date: 2011-09-23
 
 
Online publication date: 2012-05-09
 
 
Publication date: 2012-04-30
 
 
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(2):250-255
 
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Introduction: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery is considered one of the most frequent surgical procedures in which acute kidney injury (AKI) represents a frequent and serious complication. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficiency of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as an early AKI biomarker after CPB in pediatric cardiac surgery.
Material and methods: The study included forty children aged 2 to 78 months undergoing CPB. They were divided into group I: patients who suffered AKI grades II and III; and group II: patients who did not develop AKI or at risk. Peripheral venous blood was withdrawn pre- and post-operatively for serial measurements of NGAL and creatinine. Statistical analysis was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 14.
Results: Mean plasma NGAL levels showed highly significant elevations in group I patients at 2, 12, and 24 h after surgery (p < 0.0001) compared to group II. Significant correlations were found between NGAL and creatinine at different time intervals. Highly significant correlations (p < 0.0001) were found between plasma NGAL and AKI at 2, 12 and 24 h after surgery. A cut-off level of 100 ng/ml at 2 h, and 125 ng/ml at 12 h post-operatively both recorded the highest accuracy, being 95% accurate, with sensitivity of 100% and 89.5% respectively, and specificity of 90.5% and 100% respectively.
Conclusions: This study showed that plasma NGAL could be used as an early biomarker for detection of AKI following CPB. We recommend further studies on a wider scale to validate the current study results.
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