WCN23-0447 Precision and Agreement of Glomerular Filtration Rate estimation equations for chemotherapy dosing in cancer patients at St Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) is routinely used to quantify kidney function; diagnose and follow dysfunctions. GFR can be measured or estimated using different estimation equations. equations are widely preferred in clinical practice. There multiple proposed endogenous filtration markers but there still a lack of consensus on their usage, especially the black population drug dosing. Our study aimed at studying precision agreement these cancer patients taking chemotherapy.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Kidney International Reports
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2468-0249']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2023.02.262