normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: definitions of chronic kidney disease (ckd) in many catheterization laboratories have relied on the serum creatinine (scr) rather than glomerular filtration rate (gfr). regarding that ckd is the primary predisposing factor for contrast induced nephropathy (cin), we compared the sensitivity of calculated gfr by ...

The clinical usefulness of the quantity height (cm)/plasma creatinine (Ht/Pcr) as a predictor of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was investigated in 163 children with varying levels of renal function. Plasma creatinine levels (mumol/l) were measured by an automated reaction rate method. The results indicate that in rather more than half the children studied, an estimate of GFR adequate for ord...

BACKGROUND To determine whether gadolinium-based contrast media (CM) could be used safely for angiographies in patients with renal dysfunction we investigated renal function after gadobutrol exposure and compared the results with standard iodinated CM (iohexol) in a randomized clinical study. METHODS Twenty-one patients (aged 67+/-11 years, nine female and 12 male) with severely impaired rena...

BACKGROUND The role of environmental exposure to lead as a risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its progression remains controversial, and most studies have been limited by a lack of direct glomerular filtration rate (GFR) measurement. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the association between lead exposure and GFR in children with CKD. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, we examined the...

OBJECTIVE To assess the risk of survival in acute stroke using the MDRD equation derived estimated glomerular filtration rate. DESIGN A prospective observational cross-sectional study. SETTING Medical wards of a tertiary care hospital. SUBJECTS Eighty three acute stroke patients had GFR calculated within 48 hours of admission after basic data were captured. OUTCOME MEASURES Stroke outco...

BACKGROUND Overt diabetic nephropathy is accompanied by a progressive decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR). In this study we have investigated if a reduction of GFR already during the transition from normo- to microalbuminuria is associated with glomerular structural changes. METHODS Seventeen adolescents (11 girls/6 boys) with 10.5 (3.3) (mean, SD) years of IDDM were studied. GFR was ...