The role of cell-free hemoglobin and haptoglobin in acute kidney injury in critically ill adults with ARDS and therapy with VV ECMO

Abstract Background Increased plasma concentrations of circulating cell-free hemoglobin (CFH) are supposed to contribute to the multifactorial etiology of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients while the CFH-scavenger haptoglobin might play a protective role. We evaluated the associati...

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Main Authors: Jan A. Graw, Philip Hildebrandt, Alexander Krannich, Felix Balzer, Claudia Spies, Roland C. Francis, Wolfgang M. Kuebler, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Mario Menk, Oliver Hunsicker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-03894-5