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Comment to “Blood urea nitrogen to serum creatinine ratio is an accurate predictor of outcome in diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome” by Keenswijk et al. Eur J Pediatr 2017; 176(3): 355–360

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Abbreviations

AUC:

Area under the ROC curve

BCR:

Blood urea nitrogen-to-creatinine ratio

BUN:

Blood urea nitrogen

eHUS:

Escherichia coli-related hemolytic uremic syndrome

ROC:

Receiver operating characteristic

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  1. Center for HUS Prevention, Control and Management, Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, v. Commenda, 9, 20122, Milan, Italy

    Gianluigi Ardissino, Francesca Tel, Silvia Consolo, Sara Testa & Fabio Paglialonga

  2. Center for HUS Prevention, Control and Management, Unit of Microbiology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Damiano Picicco, Antonella Dodaro & Laura Daprai

  3. Center for HUS Prevention, Control and Management, Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Dario Consonni

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Gianluigi Ardissino has conceptualized the work, analyzed the data, written the paper. Francesca Tel has contributed in conceptualizing the work, analyzing the data, writting the paper and produce the graphics. Damiano Picicco has contributed in conceptualizing the work, analyzing the data. Antonella Dodaro has contributed in conceptualizing the work, analyzing the data. Laura Daprai has contributed in conceptualizing the work, analyzing the data. Silvia Consolo has contributed in conceptualizing the work, analyzing the data, writting the paper. Sara Testa has contributed in conceptualizing the work, analyzing the data, writting the paper. Fabio Paglialonga has contributed in conceptualizing the work, analyzing the data, writting the paper. Dario Consonni has contributed in conceptualizing the work, analyzing the data and performing statistical analysis.

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Ardissino, G., Tel, F., Picicco, D. et al. Comment to “Blood urea nitrogen to serum creatinine ratio is an accurate predictor of outcome in diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome” by Keenswijk et al. Eur J Pediatr 2017; 176(3): 355–360. Eur J Pediatr 177, 269–270 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-017-2989-6

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