Kidney function estimating equations: Where do we stand?

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 276-284

  Coresh, Josef ^a,c   Stevens, L A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GFR estimating equations; GFR estimation; Glomerular filtration rate (GFR); Serum creatinine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COCKCROFT GAULT EQUATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION ESTIMATING EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MODIFICATION OF DIET IN RENAL DISEASE STUDY EQUATION; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

CALIBRATION; CREATININE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33646760954     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnh.0000222695.84464.61     Document Type: Review

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