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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies for NGAL to predict AKI in septic patients

From: Diagnosis and prognosis of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for acute kidney injury with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Location

Design

Setting

AKI definition

Sepsis definition

Source

AKI/ sepsis (n)

Sampling time (hours)

Storage (°C)

NGAL assay

NGAL test kits

Aydogdu et al. [21]

Turkey

PC

ICU

RIFLE

SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS

Urine

63/129

NR

−80

ELISA

Biovendor (Brno, Southern Moravia, Czech Republic)

Camou et al. [31] (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01122225)

France

PC

ICU

RIFLE or AKIN

SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS

Plasma

43/50

Admission

NR

ELISA

Triage (Biosite Inc., San Diego, CA, USA)

de Geus et al. [34]

Netherlands

PC

ICU

AKIN

ACCP/ SCCM

Plasma

50/75

Admission

−80

ELISA

Triage (Biosite Inc.)

Fan et al. [30]

China

PC

ICU

RIFLE

SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS

Urine

58/126

Peak

NR

RIA

–

Hjortrup et al. [29] (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00962156)

Denmark

PC

ICU

KDIGO

ACCP/SCCM

Plasma

31/124

Admission

−80

PETIA

BioProto Diagnostics A/S (Gentofte, Denmark)

Urine

25/100

−24

Li and Xu [22]

China

PC

ICU

AKIN

ACCP/SCCM

Urine

17/74

24

−20

ELISA

R&D Systems (Minneapolis, MN, USA)

Martensson et al. [33]

Sweden

NR

ICU

RIFLE or AKIN

ACCP/SCCM

Plasma

18/45

12

NR

RIA

–

Urine

18/45

NR

RIA

–

Niu et al. [23]

China

PC

ER

AKIN

SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS

Urine

26/60

12

−80

ELISA

Hycult Biotech (Uden, North Brabant, The Netherlands)

Shapiro et al. [24]

USA

PC

ER

RIFLE

ACCP/SCCM

Plasma

24/66

Admission

−70

ELISA

Triage (Biosite Inc.)

Si et al. [32]

Brazil

PC

ER

AKIN

SSC

Urine

47/168

Admission

−80

ELISA

NR

Wang et al. [25]

China

NR

ICU

KDIGO

ACCP/SCCM

Urine

33/87

48a

−80

ELISA

R&D Systems

Xing et al. [26]

China

NR

ICU

AKIN

SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS

Plasma

35/73

NR

−80

ELISA

R&D Systems

Urine

35/73

−20

ELISA

R&D Systems

Yan et al. [27]

China

NR

ICU

AKIN

ACCP/SCCM

Urine

57/112

2

−80

ELISA

R&D Systems

Yan and Zang [28]

China

PC

ICU

AKIN

SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS

Urine

44/141

8

−80

ELISA

R&D Systems

Zhou et al. [35]

China

NR

ICU

AKIN

SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS

Urine

46/148

8

−80

ELISA

R&D Systems

  1. aForty-eight hours before AKI
  2. ACCP/SCCM American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine, AKI acute kidney injury, AKIN Acute Kidney Injury Network, ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ER emergency room, KDIGO Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes, NGAL neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, NR not reported, PC prospective cohort, PETIA particle-enhanced turbidimetric immunoassay, RIA radioimmunoassay, RIFLE Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, End-Stage Kidney Disease, SSC Survival Sepsis Campaign, SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS Society of Critical Care Medicine/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/American College of Chest Physicians/American Thoracic Society/Surgical Infection Society