Biomarkers of eGFR decline after cardiac surgery in children: findings from the ASSESS-AKI study.
Christina de FontnouvelleMichael ZappitelliHeather R Thiessen-PhilbrookYaqi JiaPaul L KimmelJames S KaufmanPrasad DevarajanChirag R ParikhJason H GreenbergPublished in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2023)
At 3 months after cardiac surgery, children with lower urine uromodulin and IL-18 concentrations experienced a significantly faster decline in eGFR. Children with cyanotic heart disease had a lower median eGFR at all time points but did not experience faster eGFR decline. A higher-resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.