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Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate with a Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Equation: Implications for Pharmacy

Cockcroft–Gault, using TBW (mL/min) TBW(140 – age)/(72 x SCr) 75. . . Cockcroft–Gault, using IBW (mL/min) IBW(140 – age)/(72 x SCr) 50. . . Cockcroft–Gault ...
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Estimating Aminoglycoside Clearance and Creatinine Clearance in Underweight Patients

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67(4):274-279. The objectives of this study were to develop and test an adjustment factor (AF) for estimating aminoglycoside clearance (CL amino) from the Cockcroft–Gault ...
TCTMD

Method Chosen to Estimate Pre-PCI Kidney Function Matters

Different approaches to calculating estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in PCI patients can result in widely variable numbers, which in turn can influence risk stratification and potentially ...
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Assessment of the impact of the chemotherapeutic regimen on the Cockroft-Gault formulae in estimating renal function in elderly cancer patients.

Weight loss: An important but often overlooked clue for the diagnosis of cancer. Background: More and more elderly cancer patients are treated with cytotoxic agents. Elderly patients represent an ...
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The accuracy of carboplatin area under the curve (AUC) estimated by Calvert formula using Cockcroft-Gault formula and Thai eGFR in Thai cancer patients.

ARGX-111 shows activity in MET-amplified patients in a phase-I study and in preclinical models of myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC) depletion in the tumor microenvironment. This is an ASCO ...
Nature

Interpreting different measures of glomerular filtration rate in obesity and weight loss: pitfalls for the clinician

The increasing incidence of obesity has led to much interest both from scientists and from the general population about strategies to achieve weight loss. 1 Being overweight or obese at baseline is ...