NGAL measurement has a role to play in detecting AKI after Liver Transplantations. In a very interesting article found on Bioporto.com Taiwanese doctos have looked into that relationship.
Measurements in Taiwan are done using the NGALTest from BioPort (amongst others)
Concentrations of sCr and urinary creatinine (uCr) were measured using the Jaffe kinetic method (Toshiba 200FR autoanalyzer; Toshiba, Inc., Tokyo, Japan); uNGAL was measured using chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (ARCHITECH Urine NGAL assay; Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Park, IL, USA); and pNGAL was measured using particle-enhanced turbidimetric immunoassay (The NGAL test; BioPorto Diagnostics, Gentofte, Denmark). As uNGAL may be diluted or concentrated depending on urinary output, uNGAL concentration was normalized relative to uCr:
