American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 1025-1033 , December 2009

Serum Cystatin C for Prediction of Dialysis Requirement or Death in Acute Kidney Injury: A Comparative Study

  • Mary C. Perianayagam, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Kidney and Dialysis Research Laboratory, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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  • Victor F. Seabra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Kidney and Dialysis Research Laboratory, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Hocine Tighiouart, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
    • Biostatistics Research Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Orfeas Liangos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Kidney and Dialysis Research Laboratory, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Bertrand L. Jaber, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Kidney and Dialysis Research Laboratory, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Bertrand L. Jaber, MD, MS, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, 736 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02135

Received 4 April 2009 ,Accepted 9 June 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.05.022 on August 7, 2009.

 Drs Perianayagam and Seabra contributed equally to this article.

 Because an author of this manuscript is an editor for AJKD, the peer-review and decision-making processes were handled entirely by an Associate Editor (Russell Chesney, MD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center) who served as Acting Editor-in-Chief. Details of the journal's procedures for potential editor conflicts are given in the Editorial Policies section of the AJKD website.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00926-3

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.05.022

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 1025-1033 , December 2009

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