Purpose: To estimate the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) for an adult from serum creatinine using the abbreviated MDRD study equation.
Levey et al used an equation to predict the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) for a patient based on the serum creatinine level and other clinical data.
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Specialty: Nephrology, Clinical Laboratory
Objective: laboratory tests
ICD-10: N08.9,