Validity of serum and urinary hepcidin as biomarkers for late-onset sepsis in premature infants.

Hanan Sakr SherbinyHanaa Abdel-El Fattah MostafaLaila M Sherief Naglaa M KamalAmal Saeed El-ShalMahmoud Mohamed Abdel-El HalmHekmat Yaqoub KhanAl Shaymaa Ahmed Ali

Published in: Therapeutic advances in chronic disease (2022)

Both S.Hep and U.Hep can function as promising accurate and rapid surrogate tests for the diagnosis of LOS. U.Hep measurement has the advantage of being noninvasive, with no hazards of phlebotomy, and is less variable throughout the day.

Keyphrases

late onset
early onset
acute kidney injury
intensive care unit
high resolution
loop mediated isothermal amplification
quantum dots
sensitive detection