Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin determines short-term mortality and type of acute kidney injury in cirrhosis.
Suhas Sudhakarrao UdgirkarPravin RathiNikhil SonthaliaSanjay ChandnaniQais ContractorRavi ThanageSamit JainPublished in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2020)
uNGAL at baseline serves as an early marker in differentiating HRS, prerenal AKI, and iAKI in cirrhotic patients, where sCr values are not useful. Patients with higher uNGAL levels had higher transplant-free mortality at 30 days.