Being Conscious of Methodological Pitfalls in Functional Brain Network Analysis.

Among the absolute changes between baseline and followup, we found only a significant difference between the groups for creatinine clearance (P < 0.01), whereas u-NGAL, u-NGALCR (urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin adjusted for creatinine), and urine output did not deviate significantly. Among the relative changes, calculated as (follow-up − baseline)/follow-up × 100, only creatinine clearance deviated significantly (P = 0.02), whereas no significant differences were found in u-NGAL, u-NGALCR, and urine output. Thus, creatinine clearance increased slightly in the HES group and was unchanged in the saline group.

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