In post-cardiac arrest patients, creatinine, NGAL, and cystatin-C measured shortly after ROSC were higher in patients who subsequently developed AKI. No single biomarker was statistically superior to creatinine for predicting the development of post-arrest AKI.
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Berlin N, Pawar RD, Liu X, Balaji L, Morton AC, Silverman J, Li F, Issa MS, Roessler LL, Holmberg MJ, Shekhar AC. Kidney-Specific Biomarkers for Predicting Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Arrest. Resuscitation. 2023 Jul 25:109911.
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