How to monitor renal function in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-401

  Filler, Guido ^a,b   Sharma, Ajay P ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

51Cr ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; 99Tc Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid; Blood pressure z score; Creatinine; Cystatin C; Iohexol; Microalbuminuria; Schwartz formula

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYSTATIN C; EDETATE CHROMIUM CR 51; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GOLD STANDARD; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INULIN CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT;

ALBUMINURIA; CHILD; CREATININE; CYSTATINS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INULIN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; NEPHROLOGY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43249086216     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00885.x     Document Type: Review

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