Renal biomarkers have been little studied in the prediction of severe ARI and mortality after cardiac arrest. The combination of TIMP2 (tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP7) in urine showed good diagnostic performance in the early detection of the risk of developing acute renal failure within 12 hours. Measured in the urine, the excretion of these two markers specifically reflects renal tubular lesions. Moreover, their rate seems to be strongly correlated with the severity of the tubular lesions.