Beyond Serum Creatinine: Emerging Biomarkers for Early Detection and Prognosis of Acute Kidney Injury
The diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality as traditional markers such as serum creatinine and urine output only reflect kidney functional decline at a time when these kidneys have already sustained some degree of renal stress and injury. Emerging biomarkers provide a more bi...