Estimated creatinine clearance instead of plasma creatinine level as prognostic test for postoperative renal function in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery☆ | Zendy

L. Noyez | Zendy; Izabella Plesiewicz | Zendy; Freek W.A. Verheugt | Zendy

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Estimated creatinine clearance instead of plasma creatinine level as prognostic test for postoperative renal function in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery☆

Author(s) -

L. Noyez,

Izabella Plesiewicz,

Freek W.A. Verheugt

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.01.024

Subject(s) - renal function , medicine , creatinine , urology , surgery , cardiology

Preoperative renal failure is a risk factor for adverse events in cardiac surgery. Serum creatinine (SCr) is the most used test for renal failure. However, patients can have significantly decreased glomerular filtration rates with normal SCr levels. More accurate approximation of renal function can be obtained using the Cockroft-Gault equation to calculate an estimated creatinine clearance (CrCl) rate from SCr.

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