Acknowledgements | Biomarkers for assessing acute kidney injury for people who are being considered for admission to critical care: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

Biomarkers for assessing acute kidney injury for people who are being considered for admission to critical care: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis · Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Shona Methven for her help in developing the research protocol for this assessment and to Lara Kemp for her secretarial support.

Contributions of authors

Miriam Brazzelli (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-6751) (Reader on Research) planned the systematic review of the clinical evidence, contributed to the statistical analyses and interpreted the results. She also oversaw and co-ordinated all aspects of this assessment.

Lorna Aucott (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6277-7972) (Senior Statistician) conducted the statistical analyses.

Magaly Aceves-Martins (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9441-142X), Clare Robertson (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6019-6795) and Mari Imamura (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4871-0354) (Research Fellows) selected relevant papers from the literature, and performed data extraction and risk-of-bias assessments for all included studies.

Elisabet Jacobsen (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3211-936X) (Research Assistant) reviewed the evidence on the cost-effectiveness of the biomarkers under investigation, and contributed to the acquisition of input data and to the economic evaluation under the supervision of Dwayne Boyers.

Amudha Poobalan (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6975-3874) (Senior Lecturer in Public Health) contributed to the data extraction and risk-of-bias assessments of included studies.

Paul Manson (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1405-1795) (Information Specialist) developed and ran the literature searches, retrieved full-text copies of the selected papers and provided information support throughout the project.

Graham Scotland (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5539-8819) (Reader on Research) provided senior advice and guidance on the development of the economic model.

Callum Kaye (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6904-7048) (Consultant in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine) and Simon Sawhney (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7960-4573) (Clinical Lecturer in Nephrology) provided expert advice and guidance on the clinical aspects of this assessment.

Dwayne Boyers (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-8118) (Health Economist) developed the economic model, conducted cost-effectiveness analyses and interpreted the results.

All authors contributed to the writing of this report.

Publications

Jacobsen E, Sawhney S, Brazzelli M, Aucott L, Scotland G, Aceves-Martins M, et al. Cost-effectiveness and value of information analysis of NephroCheck and NGAL tests compared to standard care for the diagnosis of acute kidney injury. BMC Nephrol 2021;22:399.

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Attribution. Miriam Brazzelli; Lorna Aucott; Magaly Aceves-Martins; Clare Robertson; Elisabet Jacobsen; Mari Imamura et al. (2022). Biomarkers for assessing acute kidney injury for people who are being considered for admission to critical care: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis. NIHR Journals Library. Copyright © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2022. This work was produced by Brazzelli et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. This issue may be freely reproduced for the purposes of private research and study and extracts (or indeed, the full report) may be included in professional journals provided that suitable acknowledgement is made and the reproduction is not associated with any form of advertising. Applications for commercial reproduction should be addressed to: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK577538. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.