Open AccessAssessing Glomerular Filtration Rate in Hospitalized Patients
Author(s) -
Alfonso Segarra,
Judith de la Torre,
Natàlia Ramos,
Augusto Quiroz,
Maria Garjau,
Irina B. Torres,
M. Antonia Azancot,
Montserrat López,
Ana Sobrado
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01150211
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , body surface area , creatinine , cystatin c , urology , kidney disease , iohexol , malnutrition , endocrinology
A specific method is required for estimating glomerular filtration rate GFR in hospitalized patients. Our objective was to validate the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation and four cystatin C (CysC)-based equations in this setting.
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