Revista clínica española
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Revista clínica española · Mar 2015
Cystatin C as an early marker of acute kidney injury in septic shock.
To describe the utility of determining plasma cystatinC concentrations in the diagnosis of acute incident kidney injury in septic shock. ⋯ For patients who developed acute septic kidney injury, the plasma cystatinC levels increased before the classical markers of renal function. CystatinC also constitutes a severity biomarker that correlates with progression to RIFLE-F, the need for extrarenal clearance and, ultimately, mortality. This precocity could be useful for starting measures that prevent the progression of renal dysfunction.