Vol 4, Issue 2
Pages 71–83
Published: 29 Apr 2021
Md. Mahmudul Hassan1*, Ahmed Showki Arnob2, A H Hamid Ahmed3, A.K.M Shahidur Rahman4, Abu Ahmed Golam Akbar5, Prianka Jabin6, Saiful Bahar Khan7, Anirban Kishor Singha8, Sharaban Tahora9, A N M Ehsanul Karim10
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Citation: Hassan MM, Arnob AS, Ahmed AHH, Rahman AKMS, Akbar AAG, Jabin P, Khan SB, Singha AK, Tahora S, Karim ANME. Proenkephalin is an Early Biomarker to Predict Septic Acute Kidney Injury among Patients in Intensive Care Unit. Archives of Nephrology and Urology 4 (2021): 071-083.
DOI: 10.26502/anu.2644-2833038
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Abstract
Background: Sepsis is the leading cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients. Plasma Proenkephalin found to be highly specific for early kidney dysfunction and is not influenced by non renal related variables.
Keywords
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI); Biomarker; Proenkephalin; Sepsis
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