Schwartz formula: is one k-coefficient adequate for all children?

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Plasma-creatinine-based equations to estimate the glomerular filtration rate are recommended by several clinical guidelines. In 2009, Schwartz et al. adapted the traditional Schwartz equation to children and adolescents but did not find different k-coefficients between children...

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Main Authors: Vandrea Carla De Souza, Muriel Rabilloud, Pierre Cochat, Luciano Selistre, Aoumeur Hadj-Aissa, Behrouz Kassai, Bruno Ranchin, Ulla Berg, Maria Herthelius, Laurence Dubourg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3532344?pdf=render