Abstract: Objective To investigate the predictive value of urinary kidney injury molecule -1 (KIM-1) on clinical
curative effect of liver cirrhosis patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). Methods A total of 61 liver cirrhosis patients
with newly developed AKI in Beijing You’an Hospital, Capital Medical University were selected as experimental
group from September 2009 to January 2017 and 14 liver cirrhosis patients with normal renal function were selected.
Random urinary levels of KIM-1 of patients in control group were assessed by ELISA. For patients in experimental
group, diuretics, vasodilators and medications with nephrotoxicity were discontinued, circulatory volume expansion
therapy and intravenous infusion of albumin were applied for 48 hours. Cirrhosis patients with AKI were divided into
effective group and ineffective group according to the improvement of SCr. Urinary levels of KIM-1 were assessed
by ELISA at the time of diagnosis of AKI and treatment for 48 hours, the predictive value of KIM-1 were analyzed.
Results After circulatory volume expansion therapy, 34 cases were diagnosed as effective and 27 cases were
ineffective. The urinary KIM-1 level when AKI was diagnosed between effective group and ineffective group had
no statistical difference (z = -4.827, P < 0.001). After treatment, urinary KIM-1 level of patients in effective group
was lower than that in ineffective group (z = -4.827, P < 0.001). When diagnosed as AKI, urinary KIM-1 level of
effective group patients was higher than that in control group (z = -2.814, P = 0.005). After treatment, urinary KIM-
1 level of effective group patients was lower than that when AKI was diagnosed (z = -3.011, P = 0.003), which was
higher in ineffective group (z = -3.437, P = 0.001). Conclusion The urinary KIM-1 level increased in liver cirrhosis
patients with AKI. The level of urinary KIM-1 in ineffective group was higher than that in the effective group and
was progressively increased. The urinary KIM-1 level in liver cirrhosis patients with AKI can be used to evaluate the
therapeutic effects.
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