Proenkephalin A as a marker for glomerular filtration rate in critically ill children: validation against gold standard iohexol GFR measurements.

Nori J L SmeetsOliver HartmannJanin SchulteMichiel F Schreuder Saskia N de Wildt

Published in: Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine (2022)

The correlation of PENK with mGFR was as good as SCr-based eGFR-mGFR correlation. To determine the added value of PENK in paediatric clinical care and prior to implementation, PENK reference values are needed and the development and validation of a paediatric PENK-based eGFR equation is necessary.

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