Inaccuracy of glomerular filtration rate estimation from height/plasma creatinine ratio.

Estimation of glomerular filtration rate from height/plasma creatinine ratio.

Evaluation of a height/plasma creatinine formula in the measurement of glomerular filtration rate.

The clinical usefulness of the quantity height (cm)/plasma creatinine (Ht/Pcr) as a predictor of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was investigated in 163 children with varying levels of renal function. Plasma creatinine levels (mumol/l) were measured by an automated reaction rate method. The results indicate that in rather more than half the children studied, an estimate of GFR adequate for ord...

Determining an accurate method to estimate GFR in renal transplant recipients with stable serum creatinine levels

Introduction:Detecting renal allograft dysfunction early will allow timely diagnosis and treatment. There is no objective recommendation by national kidney societies for glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) estimation in post-transplant setting. 99mTc-DTPA Technetium-99m Diethylene triamine penta acetic acid) renogram can identify early renal dysfunction much before ser...

Validity of rapid estimation of glomerular filtration rate in type 2 diabetic patients with normal renal function.

BACKGROUND Rapid estimation of the renal function is widely used in clinical practice. METHODS The validity of rapid estimation of renal function as well as long-term changes in renal function from the Cockcroft-Gault formula for estimation of creatinine clearance or from serum creatinine measurements was evaluated against the 51Cr-EDTA plasma clearance technique in 36 type 2 diabetic patient...

Use of single-value protein compensation of the Jaffe creatinine assay contributes to clinically significant inaccuracy in results.

Effective use of equations for calculating estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) requires reliable plasma creatinine measurements (1 ). Considerable effort has been made to standardize calibration (2, 3 ), but standardization does not correct for analytical interferences, such as protein interference in Jaffe creatinine assays. A single-value correction factor is often used to correct for...