TABLE 3.
Criterion for AKI by UrNGAL level | No. of patients with AKI by SCr (KDIGObin) criterion |
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Yes | No | Total | |
UrNGAL level of ≥2.54 ng/ml | |||
Yes | 11 | 3 | 14 |
No | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Total | 17 | 7 | 24 |
UrNGAL level ≥3 times baseline level | |||
Yes | 13 | 5 | 18 |
No | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Total | 17 | 7 | 24 |
AKI, acute kidney injury; UrNGAL, urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; SCr, serum creatinine; KDIGObin criterion, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes criterion that requires an increase in the SCr level to ≥0.3 mg/dl within 48 h or an increase in the SCr level to ≥1.5 times the baseline level which is known or presumed to have occurred within the prior 7 days.