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AEGiS Info - May 2005
The following weblink is to the National Kidney Foundation website where a GFR (glomerular filtration rate) Calculator is offered:
http://www.kidney.org/professionals/kdoqi/gfr_page.cfm
A pediatric GFR calculator is also offered on the above webpage, as well as the Cockcroft-Gault Calculator.
Kidney Dysfunction in HIV Patients May Be Detected Earlier Using Estimated GFR Compared to Measures of Serum Creatinine Only
PRNewswire - February 28, 2005
www.aegis.org/news/pr/2005/pr050256.html
Three-year renal safety with tenofovir; cystatin may be a useful marker
HIV Treatment Bulletin - Vol. 5, No. 7, August/September 2004:
http://www.aegis.org/pubs/i-base/2004/ib040507-12.html
TDM, Stat!: More Mixes Nixed By Concentration Preoccupations
TAGline - Volume 11 Issue 8 - October 2004:
http://www.aegis.org/pubs/tag/2004/tag041108-02.html
TENOFOVIR AND HOW TO ASSESS RENAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS ON ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY
Antiviral Therapy 2004; 9(6):L41 (abstract no. 70):
http://www.aegis.org/conferences/6thlipo/70.html
The Medline Plus (service of U.S. National Library of Medicine, and the National Institutes of Health): Creatinine Clearance
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