BACKGROUND A high dose of anti-infective agents is recommended when treating infectious meningitis. High creatinine clearance (CrCl) may affect the pharmacokinetic / pharmacodynamic relationships of anti-infective drugs eliminated by the kidneys. We recorded the incidence of high CrCl in intensive care unit (ICU) patients admitted with meningitis and assessed the diagnostic accuracy of two comm...

A study was conducted to evaluate the usefulness of GFR to assess the renal involvement in hypertension. GFR was assessed using the conventional blood urea and serum creatinine values and the eGFR is calculated based on serum creatinine by using the MDRD formula and Cockcroft – Gault formula. The values obtained were compared with serum Cystatin C and Cystatin based eGFR. It was observed that e...

A decline in renal function suggests progression of chronic kidney disease. This can be determined by measured GFR (e.g., iothalamate clearance), serum creatinine (SCr)-based GFR estimates, or creatinine clearance. A cohort of 234 patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and baseline creatinine clearance>70 ml/min were followed annually for four visits. Iothalamate clearance, ...

• An accurate assessment of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) should be undertaken in all potential donors. The benefit of obtaining a directly measured GFR (thought to be more accurate) over an estimated GFR, has not been proven in live donors (refer to CARI guidelines titled ‘Use of estimated glomerular filtration rate to assess level of kidney function’ and ‘Direct measurement of glomerul...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine whether the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI)- or Cockcroft-Gault (CG)-based estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFRs) performs better in the cohort setting for predicting moderate/advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) or end-stage renal disease (ESRD). METHODS A total of 9521 persons in the EuroSIDA study contrib...

OBJECTIVE The best method to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in diabetic patients is still largely debated. We compared the performance of creatinine-based formulas in a European diabetic population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We compared the performance of Cockcroft and Gault, simplified Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD), and Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology (CKD-EPI...

OBJECTIVE Pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopy results in transient oliguria and decreased glomerular filtration and renal blood flow. The presence of oliguria and elevated serum creatinine is suggestive of acute renal injury. Serum cystatin C has been described as a new marker for the detection of this type of injury. In this study, our aim was to compare the glomerular filtration rate estimate...

BACKGROUND Serum creatinine concentration is widely used as an index of renal function, but this concentration is affected by factors other than glomerular filtration rate (GFR). OBJECTIVE To develop an equation to predict GFR from serum creatinine concentration and other factors. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of GFR, creatinine clearance, serum creatinine concentration, and demographic and ...

BACKGROUND This study examines if transplant glomerular filtration rate (GFR) slope prediction is affected by the degree of transplant chronic kidney disease (CKDT) stage. METHODS Serial changes in estimated GFR (DeltaeGFR) by Cockcroft-Gault (CG) and Modified Diet in Renal Disease-Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry (MDRD-IDMS) equations were compared to simultaneous changes in isotope GFR (D...