Kidney Injury Molecule 1 (KIM-1) as an Early Predictor for Acute Kidney Injury in Post-Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) in Open Heart Surgery Patients.

Nora A KhrebaMostafa AbdelsalamA M WahabMohammed SanadRania ElhelalyMohammed AdelGhada El-Kannishy

Published in: International journal of nephrology (2019)

Although serum creatinine is still the gold standard for diagnosis of acute kidney injury searching for other new markers is mandatory. Urinary kidney injury molecule 1 can be used as simple noninvasive and specific biomarker for early diagnosis of acute kidney injury.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
minimally invasive
end stage renal disease
cardiac surgery
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
heart failure
coronary artery bypass
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
coronary artery disease
uric acid
metabolic syndrome
acute coronary syndrome