The use of urinary biomarkers to predict acute kidney injury in children after liver transplant.
Dana Y FuhrmanJohn A KellumEmily L JoyceYosuke MiyashitaGeorge Vincent MazariegosArmando GanozaJames E SquiresPublished in: Pediatric transplantation (2019)
Our results show that both NGAL and [TIMP-2]·[IGFBP7] provide significant discrimination for AKI risk following liver transplant in children. Larger studies are needed to determine the optimal time point for measuring these biomarkers and to validate our findings.