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Potential Impact of Prescribing Metformin According to eGFR Rather Than Serum Creatinine

OBJECTIVE: Many societies recommend using estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) rather than serum creatinine (sCr) to determine metformin eligibility. We examined the potential impact of these recommendations on metformin eligibility among U.S. adults. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Metformin el...

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Autores principales: Tuot, Delphine S., Lin, Feng, Shlipak, Michael G., Grubbs, Vanessa, Hsu, Chi-yuan, Yee, Jerry, Shahinian, Vahakn, Saran, Rajiv, Saydah, Sharon, Williams, Desmond E., Powe, Neil R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4613912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26307607
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc15-0542