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From: Urine interleukin-6 is an early biomarker of acute kidney injury in children undergoing cardiac surgery

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Urine IL-6 is increased after cardiopulmonary bypass in pediatric patients. Urine was collected at baseline and two and six hours after cardiopulmonary bypass and IL-6 was determined. Box and whisker plots indicate the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), and 90th percentile values of urinary IL-6. At six hours post-cardiopulmonary bypass, the median urine IL-6 was significantly increased in patients with AKI versus those without AKI. No difference was observed between pre-operative urine IL-6 values in patients with AKI versus no AKI (P = 0.65). * Denotes statistical significance, P < 0.002.

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