Have renal biomarkers failed in acute kidney injury? Yes.
- Resource Type
- editorial
- Authors
- Vanmassenhove, Jill; Kielstein, Jan; Ostermann, Marlies; Kielstein, Jan T
- Source
- Intensive Care Medicine. Jun2017, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p883-886. 4p.
- Subject
- *THERAPEUTIC use of biochemical markers
*ACUTE kidney failure
*COMORBIDITY
*MEDICAL decision making
*PROGNOSIS
*DIAGNOSIS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0342-4642
The authors examine the use of biomarkers for acute kidney injury (AKI). They discuss the limitations of using biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of AKI and the need for new AKI biomarkers to perform well in patients with chronic comorbidities. They also describe the outcomes of several studies that have used biomarkers as a clinical decision tool.