The Glomerular Filtration Rate: Comparison of various predictive equations based on Serum Creatinine with conventional creatinine clearance test in Pakistani population

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 182-185

  Zubairi, Adnan Mustafa ^a   Hussain, Arif ^a  

^a ZIAUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT MONITORING; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATININE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAKISTAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 43749091047     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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