Open AccessScaling of Measured Glomerular Filtration Rate in Kidney Donor Candidates by Anthropometric Estimates of Body Surface Area, Body Water, Metabolic Rate, or Liver Size
Author(s) -
John T. Daugirdas,
Kathryn Meyer,
Tom Greene,
Robert S. Butler,
Emilio D. Poggio
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.05581008
Subject(s) - medicine , insulin like growth factor 1 receptor , body surface area , renal function , anthropometry , body water , endocrinology , body weight , urology , receptor , growth factor
GFR is scaled to body surface area (S), whereas hemodialysis dosage is scaled to total body water (V). Scaling to metabolic rate (M) or liver size (L) has also been proposed.
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