Plasma osteopontin levels in patients with acute kidney injury requiring dialysis: a study in a tertiary care institute in South India

• Published in: International urology and nephrology Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 917 - 921
• Main Authors: Varalakshmi, Boreddy, Kiranmyai, V. S., Aparna, Bitla, Ram, Rapur, Rao, P. V. L. N. Srinivas, Kumar, Vishnubotla Siva
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.05.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acute Kidney Injury - blood; Acute Kidney Injury - therapy; Adult; Aged; Dialysis; Female; Humans; India; Kidneys; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Nephrology; Nephrology - Original Paper; Osteopontin; Osteopontin - blood; Prospective Studies; Renal Dialysis; Renal replacement therapy; Sepsis; Statistical analysis; Tertiary Care Centers; Urology; Young Adult; India; Osteopontin; Sepsis; Chronic kidney disease; Acute kidney injury

Purpose Osteopontin (OPN) is evolving as a novel biomarker of injury, overall survival and renal outcome in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), requiring renal replacement therapy. Methods We performed a prospective study on 35 consecutive patients of acute kidney injury requirin...