Estimating GFR in the oldest old: Does it matter what equation we use?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 401-405

  van Pottelbergh, Gijs ^a,b   Vaes, Bert ^a   Morelle, Johann ^c   Jadoul, Michel ^c   Wallemacq, Pierre ^c   Degryse, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYSTATIN C;

ACCURACY; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY COLLABORATION EQUATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY COLLABORATION 2 CYSTATIN C EQUATION; COCKCROFT GAULT EQUATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFICATION OF DIET IN RENAL DISEASE STUDY EQUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CALIBRATION; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MATHEMATICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79955392983     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr033     Document Type: Letter

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