In this study, rasburicase showed no benefit on postoperative serum creatinine in hyperuricemic subjects undergoing cardiac surgery. However, the observation that markers of structural renal injury such as uNGAL tended to be lower in rasburicase-treated subjects suggests potential different effects of uricase treatment on hemodynamic alterations in renal function versus structural mechanisms of kidney injury.
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