Does NGAL reduce costs? A cost analysis of urine NGAL (uNGAL) & serum creatinine (sCr) for acute kidney injury (AKI) diagnosis

• Amay Parikh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amay Parikh, John A. Rizzo, Thomas L. Nickolas

  * E-mail: amaypmd@gmail.edu

  Affiliation Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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• John A. Rizzo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amay Parikh, John A. Rizzo, Thomas L. Nickolas

  Affiliation Departments of Preventive Medicine & Economics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

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• Pietro Canetta ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Catherine Forster ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Meghan Sise ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Omar Maarouf ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, United States of America

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• Eugenia Singer ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Helios Clinics Berlin, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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• Antje Elger ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Helios Clinics Berlin, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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• Saban Elitok ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Helios Clinics Berlin, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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• Kai Schmidt-Ott ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Helios Clinics Berlin, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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• Jonathon Barasch ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Thomas L. Nickolas

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amay Parikh, John A. Rizzo, Thomas L. Nickolas

  Affiliation Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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