Variability of creatinine measurements in clinical laboratories: Results from the CRIC study

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 426-434

  Joffe, Marshall ^b,e   Hsu, Chi Yuan ^c   Feldman, Harold I ^b,e   Weir, Matthew ^d   Landis, J R ^b,e   Hamm, L Lee ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic renal disease; Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study; Creatinine measurements; Glomerular filtration rate; Variability

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; APHERESIS; BLOOD; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; LABORATORY; MALE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950614286     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000296250     Document Type: Article

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