Kyle Enfield, MD, speaks with John A. Kellum, MD, MCCM, about his talk presented at the 46th Critical Care Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii entitled, “Are Biomarkers Ready for Prime Time?” Dr. Kellum works as an Intensivist in the Cardiothoracic ICU at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is also the Vice Chair for Research and Director of the Center for Critical Care Nephrology in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at UPMC. He discusses how the understanding of acute kidney injury (AKI) has evolved and which biomarkers are most effective in identifying risk of AKI.

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