Is estimated glomerular filtration rate superior to serum creatinine in predicting mortality on the waiting list for liver transplantation?

Transplant International

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 482-488

  Leithead, Joanna Agnes ^a   MacKenzie, Suzanne M ^a   Ferguson, James W ^a   Hayes, Peter C ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Estimated glomerular filtration rate; Modification of diet in renal disease; Survival

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79953767115     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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