Urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase excretion in asphyctic newborns-does it predict the development of acute renal failure?

Abstract

Urinary N-acetyl-$beta$-D- glucosaminidase (NAG) levels of twenty healthy full-term newborns and of seventeen full-term newborns with perinatal asphyxia were evaluated within the first 48 hours of life. Urinary NAG levels and NAG indices (uri-nary NAG/urinary creatinine ratio) were significantly higher in newborns with perinatal asphyxia than control group (p