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ArticleInternational journal of nephrology and renovascular disease2016

Diagnostic accuracy of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in patients with septic acute kidney injury.

Munna Lal Patel, Rekha Sachan, Radhey Shyam, Satish Kumar, Ritul Kamal, Arvind Misra

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Munna Lal PatelDepartment of Medicine.
Rekha SachanDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
Radhey ShyamDepartment of Geriatric Intensive Care Unit, King George Medical University.
Satish KumarDepartment of Medicine.
Ritul KamalEpidemiology Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-IITR), Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Arvind MisraDepartment of Medicine.

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backgroundSepsis is the most common cause of acute kidney injury (AKI). Very few studies have investigated the predictive properties of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) as a marker of AKI in septic patients. The aim of this study is to examine uNGAL in septic patients with and without AKI and to evaluate its predictive value.

methodsWe prospectively studied 155 patients with sepsis over a period of 1 year. Urine was analyzed for neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin at 12, 24, and 48 hours after admission. Patients with <24-hour stay and those with chronic kidney disease were excluded. AKI was classified according to the Acute Kidney Injury Network guidelines.

resultsThe differences in mean change of uNGAL at 12, 24, and 48 hours were 80.00±7.00 ng/mL and 128.13±22.46 ng/mL, respectively in septic AKI, and 02.07±0.80 ng/mL and 26.13±15.12 ng/mL, respectively in septic non-AKI. At baseline or 12 hours, the cutoff value of 34.32 ng/mL had a sensitivity and specificity of 86.36 and 80.60, respectively and an area under curve of 0.81 (95% CI: 0.73-0.89) for predicting AKI. At the cutoff value 199.99 ng/mL sensitivity and specificity of 90.0 and 64.66, respectively and an area under curve of 0.82 (95% CI, 0.75-0.88) for predicting AKI.

conclusionThe baseline or 12-hour uNGAL is highly sensitive but a less specific predictor of AKI in septic patients.

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AKIdiagnostic accuracysepticemiaurinary NGAL

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