Prevalence of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Children with Severe Malaria Using a Novel Biomarker: Serum NGAL in Enugu
This study has documented a high prevalence of AKI using NGAL. It also showed the importance of NGAL in predicting AKI earlier than creatinine at day zero and 48 hours.
Authors
- Adaeze C. Ayuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3325-3488)
- Uchenna C Nnajekwu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2933-8043)
- Josephat M. Chinawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2281-7735)
- Ngozi Rita Mbanefo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5069-7924)
- Edmund Ndudi Ossai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4098-4898)
- Ifeyinwa Dorothy Nnakenyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4771-4241)
- HU Okafor
Institutions
- Ebonyi State University (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2024-08-30
- Primary Topic
- Diverse Scientific Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00