Evaluation of Renal Function with Urinary NGAL and Doppler Ultrasonography in ICU Patients: A 1-Year Observational Pilot Study

Overview

Journal Pathophysiology

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Pathology

Date 2024 Apr 23

PMID 38651403

Authors

Etrusca Brogi

Rocco Rago

Francesco Forfori

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Abstract

Background: We estimated the diagnostic accuracy of urinary NGAL for the diagnosis of AKI.

Methods: Urinary NGAL and Creatinine were measured daily for up to 3 days. Doppler ultrasonography was performed within 24 h of admission and for the following 3 days.

Results: Of the 21 patients, 44% had AKI during their ICU stay. The AKI group presented with higher values of serum Creatinine, renal length, MDRD as well as SAPS II already at admission. Urinary NGAL was significantly higher among patients with AKI and patients AKI-no at T0 ( < 0.0001) and increased steadily on T1 and T2. Urinary NGAL seemed to be a notable diagnostic marker for AKI from the first measurement (T0) with an area under the ROC of 0.93 (95% CI = 0.78-0.99) with a sensitivity of 99%. RRI levels were slightly higher in the AKI group at each time and increased gradually from T0 to T2 but reached statistical significance only at T2 ( = 0.02). Renal length and SAPS II at T0 showed high AuRoc and sensitivity.

Conclusions: Urinary NGAL is a valuable marker for AKI in intensive care settings. It seemed that a pre-existing chronic renal disease, the SAPS II and the NGAL at admission represented the principal predictors of AKI.

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