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The use of absolute values improves performance of estimation formulae: a retrospective cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) by equations such as Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) or Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) is usually expressed as a Body Surface Area (BSA) indexed value (ml/min per 1.73 m(2)). This can have severe cli...

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Autores principales: Redal-Baigorri, Belén, Rasmussen, Knud, Heaf, James Goya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24304464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-14-271