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Unadjusted point of care creatinine results overestimate acute kidney injury incidence during field testing in Guatemala.

Benjamin R GriffinJaime Butler-DawsonMiranda DallyLyndsay KrisherAlex CruzDavid WeitzenkampCecilia SorensenLiliana TenneyRichard J JohnsonLee S Newman
Published in: PloS one (2018)
POC testing under tropical field conditions routinely overestimates creatinine compared to laboratory testing, which leads to overestimation of rates of acute kidney injury. The application of an adjustment factor significantly improved the accuracy of the POC value.
Keyphrases
  • acute kidney injury
  • cardiac surgery
  • risk factors