TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Serum creatinine and cystatin C provide conflicting evidence of acute kidney injury following acute ingestion of potassium permanganate and oxalic acid JO - Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) A1 - Wijerathna, Thilini Madushanka A1 - Gawarammana, Indika Bandara A1 - Dissanayaka, Dhammika Menike A1 - Palanagasinghe, Chathura A1 - Shihana, Fathima A1 - Dassanayaka, Gihani A1 - Shahmy, Seyed A1 - Endre, Zoltan Huba A1 - Mohamed, Fahim A1 - Buckley, Nicholas Alan SP - 970 EP - 976 VL - 55 IS - 9 N2 - AIM: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common following deliberate self-poisoning with a combination washing powder containing oxalic acid (H2C2O4) and potassium permanganate (KMnO4). Early and rapid increases in serum creatinine (sCr) follow severe poisoning. We investigated the relationship of these increases with direct nephrotoxicity in an ongoing multicenter prospective cohort study in Sri Lanka exploring AKI following poisoning. METHODS: Multiple measures of change in kidney function were evaluated in 48 consenting patients who had serial sCr and serum cystatin C (sCysC) data available. RESULTS: Thirty-eight (38/48, 79%) patients developed AKI (AKIN criteria). Twenty-eight (58%) had AKIN stage 2 or 3. Initial increases in urine creatinine (uCr) excretion were followed by a substantial loss of renal function. The AKIN stage 2 and 3 (AKIN2/3) group had very rapid rises in sCr (a median of 118% at 24 h and by 400% at 72 h post ingestion). We excluded the possibility that the rapid rise resulted from the assay used or muscle damage. In contrast, the average sCysC increase was 65% by 72 h. CONCLUSIONS: In most AKI, sCysC increases to the same extent but more rapidly than sCr, as sCysC has a shorter half-life. This suggests either a reduction in Cystatin C production or, conversely, that the rapid early rise of sCr results from increased production of creatine and creatinine to meet energy demands following severe oxidative stress mediated by H2C2O4 and KMnO4. Increased early creatinine excretion supports the latter explanation, since creatinine excretion usually decreases transiently in AKIN2/3 from other causes.

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LA - en SN - 1556-3650 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2017.1326607 ID - ref1 ER -