Measurement of glomerular filtration rate in patients undergoing obesity surgery

BACKGROUND: Most studies on obesity surgery have measured renal function using the estimated GFR. However, due to the reduction of muscle mass, and therefore creatinine that accompanies weight loss, such measures can falsely suggest an improvement in renal function. To balance the risks of surgery v...

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Autores principales: Chuah, Ling L., Miras, Alexander D., Perry, Laura M., Frankel, Andrew H., Towey, David J., Al-Mayahi, Zahraa, Svensson, William, le Roux, Carel W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6311002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30594245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-1188-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6311002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30594245
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-1188-7

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