Clinical value of automatic reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate in geriatrics

Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-295

  Kurtal, Hanife ^a   Schwenger, Vedat ^b   Azzaro, Marina ^a   Abdollahnia, Nadja ^a   Steinhagen Thiessen, Elisabeth ^a   Nieczaj, Rolf ^c   Schulz, Ralf Joachim ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Drug therapy; Elderly; Estimation of renal function

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; POTASSIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EXCRETION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 67249151895     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000172982     Document Type: Article

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