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Clinician perspectives on inpatient cystatin C utilization: A qualitative case study at Mayo Clinic

INTRODUCTION: Serum creatinine (SCr) testing has been the mainstay of kidney function assessment for decades despite known limitations. Cystatin C (CysC) is an alternative biomarker that is generally less affected than SCr by pertinent non-renal factors in hospitalized patients, such as muscle mass....

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Autores principales: Markos, James Roland, Schaepe, Karen S., Teaford, Hilary R., Rule, Andrew D., Kashani, Kianoush B., Lieske, John C., Barreto, Erin F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7732069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33306741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243618