Functional range of creatinine clearance for renal drug dosing: A practical solution to the controversy of which weight to use in the Cockcroft-Gault equation;Rango Funcional de Aclaramiento de Creatinina para Dosificación Renal de Medicamentos: Una Solución Práctica para la Controversia sobre el Uso de Peso Corporal a Ser Utilizado en la Ecuación Cockcroft-Gault

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1039-1044

  Brown, Daniel L ^a,b   Masselink, Andrew J ^b   Lalla, Christina D ^b  

^a Lloyd L Gregory School of Pharmacy   (United States)

^b PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE KIDNEY FUNCTION RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CREATININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; RENAL AGENTS;

EID: 84880075063     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1S176     Document Type: Article

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