The outcome of acute kidney injury substages based on urinary cystatin C in critically ill children.
Jiao ChenZhen JiangHui HuangMin LiZhenjiang BaiYuxian KuaiLin WeiNing LiuXiaozhong LiGuoping LuYanhong LiPublished in: Annals of intensive care (2023)
Sub-AKI defined/based on uCysC occurred in 20.2% of patients without AKI and was associated with a risk of death close to patients with AKI substage A. Urinary CysC-positive AKI substage B occurred in 50% of AKI patients and was more likely to have classical AKI stage 3 and was associated with the highest risk of mortality.