A general equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate from a single plasma sample

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 743-748

  Fleming, John S ^a   Persaud, Linda ^a   Zivanovic, Maureen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glomerular filtration rate; Quality control; Slope intercept technique

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE;

EID: 23044439733     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000171783.18650.80     Document Type: Article

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