The Cockcroft-Gault formula should not be used in children

Kidney International

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2321-2324

  Filler, Guido ^a   Foster, Jennifer ^b   Acker, Amy ^b   Lepage, Nathalie ^b   Akbari, Ayub ^b   Ehrich, J H H ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agreement; Cockcroft Gault; Creatinine; Cystatin C; Glomerular filtration rate

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD UROLOGY; COCKCROFT GAULT FORMULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGE; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE;

EID: 23044468359     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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