Diagnostic performance of salivary urea nitrogen dipstick to detect and monitor acute kidney disease in patients with malaria

Diagnostic performance of salivary urea nitrogen dipstick to detect and monitor acute kidney disease in patients with malaria

Abstract Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of malaria. In low resource settings, a lack of diagnostic tools and delayed treatment of malaria associated AKI lead to significant morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic performance of saliv...

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Main Authors: Viviane Calice-Silva, Euclides Sacomboio, Jochen G. Raimann, Rhys Evans, Cruz dos Santos Sebastião, Adelino Tchilanda Tchivango, Peter Kotanko, Nathan Levin, Roberto Pecoits-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Salivary urea nitrogen
Diagnostic tools
Blood urea nitrogen
Acute kidney disease
Acute kidney injury
Malaria
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2627-4

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