CHANGES IN URINE NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE-ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH WORSENING RENAL FUNCTION BUT WITH PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE

Worsening renal function (WRF) in the setting of diuretic therapy for patients with acute heart failure (AHF) can be a transient hemodynamic change in renal glomerular filtration rate (GFR) without an acute kidney injury. The Acute Kidney Injury Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL)