Why the study?
Is urinary NGAL associated with acute renal dysfunction after adult cardiac surgery?
Population
Adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Design
Cohort
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May support early ARD detection after cardiac surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Is urinary NGAL associated with acute renal dysfunction after adult cardiac surgery?
Urinary NGAL may serve as a useful early biomarker for detecting acute renal dysfunction after adult cardiac surgery.
Wagener et al. (2006) studied this question.
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