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See Latest ArticlesSerum Interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 are early biomarkers of acute kidney injury and predict prolonged mechanical ventilation in children undergoing cardiac surgery: a case-control study
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Liu KD et al. - Serum IL-6 and IL-8 identifies AKI early in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Furthermore, amongst patients with AKI, high IL-6 levels are associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation, suggesting that circulating cytokines in patients with AKI may have deleterious effects on other organs, including the lungs.
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