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The ratio of measured to estimated glomerular filtration rate may be a marker of early mortality and dialysis requirement

BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that, in patients with CKD stage 5, measured GFR (mGFR), defined as the mean of urea and creatinine clearance, as measured by a 24-h urine collection, is a better measure of renal function than estimated GFR (eGFR), based on the CKD-EPI formula. This could be due to...

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Autores principales: Heaf, James G., Yahya, Rafal, Dahl, Morten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34743686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-021-02561-1

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