Abstract:Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP), and associated with poor prognosis. Cystatin C had been demonstrated to be a biomarker for the early detection AKI in in several other clinical settings. Therefore, in this study we evaluated whether AKI in patients with CAP could be well predicted by serum Cystatin C within 24 hours after admission.Methods: Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to investigate independent factors of… Show more
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