Serum NGAL in Critically Ill Children in ICU from a Single Center in Egypt

Table 2

Acute kidney injury (AKI) markers at admission (day 0) and after 3 days (3rd day) among patients group.

Parameter	Day zero	3rd day	Wilcoxon’s rank sum test	𝑃
NGAL (ng/mL)
Median	88.5	144	6.28	0.000*
Range	(34–210)	(34–550)
Urea (mg/dL)
Median	35.5	41.5	6.01	0.000*
Range	(15–116)	(27–310)
Creatinine
(mg/dL)
X′ ± SD	0.68 ± 0.22	1.18 ± 1.08	4.1	0.000*

*Significant.