Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN
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Clin J Am Soc Nephrol · Aug 2012
Multicenter StudyAssociation between peritransplant kidney injury biomarkers and 1-year allograft outcomes.
Current tools to predict outcomes after kidney transplantation are inadequate. The objective of this study was to determine the association of perioperative urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and IL-18 with poor 1-year allograft function (return to dialysis or estimated GFR<30 ml/min per 1.73 m(2)). ⋯ Perioperative urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and IL-18 are associated with poor 1-year allograft function, suggesting their potential for identifying patients for therapies that minimize the risk of additional injury.