Differences in the glomerular filtration rate calculated by two creatinine-based and three cystatin-C-based formulae in hospitalized elderly patients

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Ramel, Alfons ^a,b   Jonsson, Palmi V ^a,b   Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn ^a,b   Thorsdottir, Inga ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Creatinine, elderly; Cystatin C; Renal function

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 39149129996     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112477     Document Type: Article

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