TY - BOOK AU - Mohamed Ali Mohamed Badawy AU - Gamal Hamed Ahmed , AU - Hamdy Mohamed Saber , AU - Hisham Ali Elassar , TI - Plasma neutrophil gelatinase - associated lipocalin as early diagnostic biomarker for acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Ali Mohamed Badawy , KW - AKI KW - ICU KW - NGAL N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Critical Care Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Acute kidney injury is well recognized for its impact on the outcome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit ( ICU ) and the extent of perioperative renal impairment ranges from subclinical injury to established renal failure requiring dialysis . The pursuit of improved biomarkers for the early diagnosis of AKI and its outcomes is an area of intense contemporary research , Recent studies have demonstrated the utility of early NGAL measurements for predicting clinical outcomes of AKI UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -