Journal of Critical Care
Volume 26, Issue 6 , Pages 566-571 , December 2011

Subtle change of cystatin C, with or without acute kidney injury, associated with increased mortality in the intensive care unit

  • Soon Hyo Kwon

      Affiliations

    • Hyonam Kidney Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Hyonam Kidney Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital, Dae Sa Gwan Gil 22, Young San Gu, Seoul, Korea. Tel.: +82 2 709 9029; fax: +82 2 792 5812.
    • Contributed equally to this article.
    • ,
  • Jinnam Hyun

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Sam Hospital, An Yang, Gyongi Province, South Korea
    • Contributed equally to this article.
    • ,
  • Jin Seok Jeon

      Affiliations

    • Hyonam Kidney Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Hyunjin Noh

      Affiliations

    • Hyonam Kidney Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Dong Cheol Han

      Affiliations

    • Hyonam Kidney Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

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☆ Disclosure of financial relationships: nothing to disclose.

☆☆ The authors have no competing interests.

PII: S0883-9441(11)00036-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.01.004

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 26, Issue 6 , Pages 566-571 , December 2011

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