Elevated serum Cystatin C at continuous renal replacement therapy initiation predicts lack of renal recovery.

Conclusion: Elevated cystatin C at CRRT initiation predicts lack of renal recovery, but its diagnostic performance is suboptimal. Our study was limited by the small sample size and the lack of strict protocols on the initiation and cessation CRRT. PMID: 23320966 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/23320966?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinical Nephrology - January 15, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Zhang Z, Ni H, Lu B, Jin N Tags: Clin Nephrol Source Type: research

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