NGAL Usefulness in the Intensive Care Unit Three Hours after Cardiac Surgery

Table 1

uNGAL, pNGAL, and uNAGL/ucreatinine of the patients who developed AKI later according to the timing of creatinine rise.

Before cardiac surgery		After cardiac surgery
GFR	pNGAL	AKI stage	pNGAL	uNGAL	uNGAL/ucreat.
mL/min	ng/mL (>149 ng/mL)		ng/mL (>149 ng/mL)	ng/mL (>130 ng/mL)	ng/mg	ng/𝜇mol
	Creatinine rise 6 hours after cardiac surgery
81	60	3	60	77	220	24.8
74	60	1	156	3.4	29	3.27
73	Not realised	1	177	Not realised
	Creatinine rise ≤ 12 hours after cardiac surgery
67	121	2	114	7.6	48	5.4
60	93	3	109	166	270	30.48
72	60	1	77	64.6	92	10.38
74	60	1	215	Not realised
93	60	1	60	7.3	24	2.7
53	Not realised	1	212	117	500	56.4
	Creatinine rise ≥ 24 hours after cardiac surgery
72	60	1	102	5.5	80	9.0
55	60	3	101	9.8	260	2.93
54	Not realised	1	75	11.2	79	8.92
61	Not realised	1	169	7.9	110	12.4
95	Not realised	2	163	28.4	189	21.3
	Dialysis
29	60	3	301	4.2	63	7.11
40	Not realised	3	60	9.7	40	4.5
22	Not realised	3	161	37	120	13.5