Proenkephalin: a new biomarker for glomerular filtration rate and acute kidney injury

M Khorashadi, R Beunders, P Pickkers, M Legrand - Nephron, 2020 - karger.com
Assessment of kidney function is primarily based on urine output and Creatinine (Cr)-based
methods to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR). The latter is confounded as Cr is not …

Proenkephalin as a biomarker correlates with acute kidney injury: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

LC Lin, MH Chuan, JH Liu, HW Liao, LL Ng… - Critical Care, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Proenkephalin A 119-159 (PENK) is freely filtered in the glomerulus
with plasma levels correlating with glomerular filtration rate. Therefore, PENK has been …

Incidence and outcome of subclinical acute kidney injury using penKid in critically ill patients

F Dépret, A Hollinger, A Cariou, N Deye… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Subclinical acute kidney injury (sub-AKI) refers to patients with low serum
creatinine but elevated alternative biomarkers of AKI. Its incidence and outcome in critically …

Proenkephalin compared to conventional methods to assess kidney function in critically ill sepsis patients

R Beunders, R van Groenendael, GP Leijte, M Kox… - Shock, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: The assessment of renal function in clinical practice remains challenging.
Using creatinine to assess the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is notoriously inaccurate, and …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in laboratory detection of acute kidney injury

F Husain-Syed, T Reis, K Kashani, C Ronco - Practical Laboratory …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent advances have improved our understanding of the epidemiology and
pathophysiology of acute kidney injury (AKI). So far, the Kidney Disease: Improving Global …

Biomarkers improve diagnostics of sepsis in adult patients with suspected organ dysfunction based on the quick sepsis-related organ failure assessment (qSOFA) …

M Bolanaki, J Winning, A Slagman… - Critical Care …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Consensus regarding biomarkers for detection of infection-related organ
dysfunction in the emergency department is lacking. We aimed to identify and validate …

Proenkephalin, an opioid system surrogate, as a novel comprehensive renal marker in heart failure

JE Emmens, JM Ter Maaten, K Damman… - Circulation: Heart …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: PENK (proenkephalin) is a stable surrogate for enkephalins, endogenous
opioid peptides, which exert cardiodepressive effects and improve renal function. PENK has …

[HTML][HTML] Role of proenkephalin in the diagnosis of severe and subclinical acute kidney injury during the perioperative period of liver transplantation

C Lima, DL Gorab, CR Fernandes, E Macedo - Practical Laboratory …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, clinical research on early biomarkers of renal injury has been frequent
and intensive, with proenkephalin (PENK) being indicated as a promising filtration …

Proenkephalin A 119–159 predicts early and successful liberation from renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a post hoc analysis …

T von Groote, F Albert, M Meersch, R Koch, C Porschen… - Critical Care, 2022 - Springer
Background Renal replacement therapy (RRT) remains the key rescue therapy for critically
ill patients with severe acute kidney injury (AKI). However, there are currently no tools …

Proenkephalin A as a marker for glomerular filtration rate in critically ill children: validation against gold standard iohexol GFR measurements

NJL Smeets, O Hartmann, J Schulte… - Clinical Chemistry and …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Objectives Accurate determination of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is important. Several
endogenous biomarkers exist for estimating GFR, yet, they have limited accuracy, especially …