| Title
of the article |
Novel biomarkers early predict the severity of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery in adults |
| Authors |
Haase M, Bellomo R, Devarajan P, Ma Q, Bennett MR, Möckel M, Matalanis G, Dragun D, Haase-Fielitz A |
| Journal
|
Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Jul;88(1):124-30. |
| Subject
Consultant |
W. Van Biesen |
| Score
(1 to 3 stars) |
** |
| Comments |
Although presented very optimistically, in fact, in depth reading of the results of this well done study reveals that NGAL does not perform strikingly well (AUC 0.75) even in this "easy" setting of post cardiac surgery AKI |
