Assessing glomerular filtration rate in patients with severe heart failure: comparison between creatinine-based formulas

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Severe heart failure is highly associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Serum creatinine is a poor indicator of renal function and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation is an accessible method for assessing renal function. The most popular formulas for GFR estimatio...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Libório, Russian Uchoa, João Neto, Juan Valdivia, Elizabeth De Francesco Daher, Juan Mejia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802012000500004&lng=en&tlng=en