Pediatric nephrology: Estimating GFR in children: Schwartz redux.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Lemley, Kevin V.
- Source
- Nature Reviews Nephrology. Jun2009, Vol. 5 Issue 6, p310-311. 2p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
- Subject
- *IODINE in the body
*GLOMERULAR filtration rate
*CHRONIC kidney failure in children
*JUVENILE diseases
*PEDIATRIC nephrology
*BIOLOGICAL models
*CHRONIC kidney failure
*PEDIATRICS
*NEPHROLOGY
- Language
- ISSN
- 1759-5061
one of the early products of the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) study has been an updated equation for estimating GFR in children on the basis of demographic and laboratory parameters. This formula is comparable in form and performance to the MDRD equations for adults in clinical trials first published a decade ago. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]