Journal of clinical laboratory analysis
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J. Clin. Lab. Anal. · Sep 2017
Serum cystatin c is not superior to serum creatinine for early diagnosis of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients who underwent angiography.
Iodiated contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a serious complication of contrast-enhanced imaging. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic sensitivities and specificities of serum cystatin C (sCys C) and serum creatinine (sCr) for CIN and to further investigate difference of the incidence, risk factors, and in-hospital and 3-month prognosis of CIN according to sCys C criteria and sCr criteria. ⋯ In this study, the incidence and risk factors of CIN were related to diagnostic criteria. The sCys C was not superior to sCr for predicting CIN in the patients who underwent angiography.