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Measuring Kidney Function: How to Use Laboratory Tests to Measure Glomerular Filtration Rate

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In this chapter we explain:

  • How serum creatinine is related to glomerular filtration rate (GFR)

  • The limitations of creatinine as a measure of GFR

  • How GFR is estimated from serum creatinine and cystatin C

  • Common errors made when using the estimated GFR

  • How to interpret serum urea and creatinine together

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    Hugh C. Rayner & Mark E. Thomas

  2. Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    David V. Milford

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Rayner, H.C., Thomas, M.E., Milford, D.V. (2020). Measuring Kidney Function: How to Use Laboratory Tests to Measure Glomerular Filtration Rate. In: Understanding Kidney Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43027-6_2

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