LCN2 and Sepsis: They demonstrated that a cut-off value of 157 ng/mL for serum NGAL could detect AKI in asphyxiated neonates with a sensitivity of 83.3 % and specificity of 94.4 %.El-Farghali et al. showed that serum NGAL may also be serve as a clinically useful marker for early detection of AKI in critically ill neonates with sepsis [22].