Use of GFR equations to adjust drug doses in an elderly multi-ethnic group - A cautionary tale

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2894-2899

  Gill, Jagbir ^b   Malyuk, Rhonda ^b   Djurdjev, Ognjenka ^b   Levin, Adeera ^a  

^a Providence Wing   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drug dosing; eGFR equations; Elderly; Kidney function; Validation

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; CREATININE; DIGOXIN;

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG FORMULATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AMANTADINE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 36048950295     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm289     Document Type: Article

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