Serum creatinine is an inadequate screening test for renal failure in elderly patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-360

  Swedko, Peter J ^a   Clark, Heather D ^a   Paramsothy, Koushi ^a   Akbari, Ayub ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037429082     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.3.356     Document Type: Article

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