Urinary kidney injury molecule-1 rapid test predicts acute kidney injury in extremely low-birth-weight neonates.

Background: The new urinary and serum biomarkers are discovered and are being investigated. With them we can diagnose acute kidney injury (AKI) faster and more precisely and they also have a significant role in the outcome prediction.

Methods: The study included 22 extremely low-birth-weight neonates who were hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care units.

Early biomarkers of renal injury and protective effect of erythropoietin on kidneys of asphyxiated newborn rats.

Background: The aims of this study were to determine which of the two biomarkers of renal injury, kidney injury molecule-1 or cystatin C, is more sensitive and to evaluate whether erythropoietin protects kidneys injured by perinatal asphyxia.

Methods: Animals were split into three groups designated as follows: AE, pups that survived perinatal asphyxia and subsequently received 2.5 μg (0.