Serum 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

Kathleen D Liu¹ , Christopher Altmann² , Gerard Smits² , Catherine D Krawczeski³ , Charles L Edelstein² , Prasad Devarajan⁴ and Sarah Faubel²

¹  Divisions of Nephrology and Critical Care Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

²  Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA

³  Section of Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA

⁴  Section of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA