Plasma Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin diagnosed acute kidney injury in patients with systemic inflammatory disease and sepsis.

Sepsis is the leading cause of intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Plasma Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated-Lipocalin (NGAL) is a promising biomarker for acute kidney injury (AKI) detection; however, it is also increased with inflammation and few studies have been conducted in non-Caucasian populations and/or in developing economies. Therefore, we evaluated plasma NGAL's diagnostic performance in the presence of sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in a Malaysian ICU cohort. This is a prospective observational study on patients with SIRS. Plasma creatinine (pCr) and NGAL were measured on ICU admission. Patients were classified according to the occurrence of AKI and sepsis. Of 225 patients recruited, 129 (57%) had sepsis of whom 67 (52%) also had AKI. 96 patients (43%) had non-infectious SIRS, of whom 20 (21%) also had AKI. NGAL concentrations were higher in AKI patients within both the sepsis and non-infectious SIRS cohorts (both P < 0.0001). The diagnostic area under curve for AKI was 0.81 (95%CI: 0.74 to 0.87). The optimal cut-off was higher in sepsis compared to non-infectious SIRS patients (454 versus 176 ng/mL). Addition of NGAL to a clinical model comprising age, pCr, medical admission category and SAPS II score increased the mean risk of those with AKI by 4% and reduced the mean risk of those without AKI by 3%. Acute kidney injury is more common with sepsis than non-infectious SIRS. Plasma NGAL was diagnostic of AKI in both subgroups. The optimal cut-off for diagnosing AKI was higher in sepsis than in non-infectious SIRS. Addition of plasma NGAL improved the clinical model used to diagnose AKI.

Md Ralib A ，Mat Nor MB ，Pickering JW 《-》

[Early diagnostic value of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and interleukin-18 in patients with sepsis-induced acute kidney injury].

Zhu L ，Shi D 《-》

Predictive value of plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for acute renal failure in patients with severe sepsis.

Predicting acute renal failure in patients with severe sepsis is important, because patients may need renal replacement therapy (RRT). Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) has been evaluated for its ability to detect and predict acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients. This study aimed to assess the predictive value of plasma NGAL for acute renal failure in adult severely septic patients. Thirty healthy adults and 85 adult patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) were enrolled. Serum creatinine, plasma NGAL, and interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, and IL-17 levels were evaluated. AKI was classified as Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of kidney function, and End-stage kidney disease (RIFLE). RIFLE-Failure (RIFLE-F) developed in 30 of 76 (39.5%) patients with severe sepsis without chronic kidney disease within 7 days after ICU admission. Serum creatinine, plasma NGAL, IL-6, and IL-10 could predict RIFLE-F within 7 days after ICU admission. The discriminatory power of plasma NGAL was not significant for predicting hospital mortality. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of plasma NGAL was not higher than that of serum creatinine in predicting RIFLE-F within 7 days. Plasma NGAL is a useful tool for predicting acute renal failure in adult patients with severe sepsis. Serum creatinine has a similar ability to detect RIFLE-F occurrence.

Huang CY ，Shih CC ，Chung K ，Kao KC ，Wu HP ... -  《-》

Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin to hepcidin ratio as a biomarker of acute kidney injury in intensive care unit patients.

Mårtensson J ，Glassford NJ ，Jones S ，Eastwood GM ，Young H ，Peck L ，Ostland V ，Westerman M ，Venge P ，Bellomo R ... -  《-》

Plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as a predictive biomarker for the detection of acute kidney injury in adult poisoning.

Ahn JY ，Lee MJ ，Seo JS ，Choi D ，Park JB ... -  《-》