Estimating kidney function in adults using formulae

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 321-345

  Lamb, Edmund J ^a,d   Tomson, Charles R V ^b   Roderick, Paul J ^c  

^a EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; LITERATURE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 25144443989     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0004563054889936     Document Type: Conference Paper

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