Renal Function in the Elderly (>70 Years Old) Measured by Means of lohexol Clearance, Serum Creatinine, Serum Urea and Estimated Clearance

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-77

  Fehrman Ekholm, Ingela ^a,b,c,d   Skeppholm, Lars ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Sophiahemmet University College   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Dialysis Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age dependence; Blood haemoglobin; Estimated clearance; Glomerular filtration rate; Iohexol clearance; Renal function; Serum albumin; Serum creatinine; Serum urea

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IOHEXOL; UREA;

AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 1242272766     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590310015750     Document Type: Article

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