The Incubator
The Incubator
Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#425 - ๐Ÿ–๏ธ [COOL TOPICS] - Are We Missing Neonatal AKI Right in Front of Us? (ft. Dr. Caitlin Carter)
11 minutes Posted Mar 19, 2026 at 10:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail Dr. Caitlin Carter, Clinical Director of Nephrology at Rady Childrenโ€™s Hospital and associate clinical professor at UC San Diego, joins the podcast to challenge how neonatologists recognize and follow up on acute kidney injury. She explains why creatinine alone is insufficient, how biomarkers like NGAL can detect tubular injury before function declines, and why AKI too often disappears from the discharge summary. She also outlines published consensus guidelines on post NICU n...