Estimated GFR vs Creatinine Clearance for Drug Dosing

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 984-985

  Dowling, Thomas C ^a   Matzke, Gary R ^b   Murphy, John E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CREATININE; DIGOXIN;

BODY SURFACE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DOSE CALCULATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY INJURY; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

CREATININE; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS;

EID: 70350026897     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.08.015     Document Type: Letter

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