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17.02.2017 | Understanding the Disease
Understanding renal functional reserve
verfasst von:
Claudio Ronco, Rinaldo Bellomo, John Kellum
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 6/2017
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Excerpt
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is accepted as the best overall index of kidney function. GFR varies with age, sex, body size and even diet [
1]. A persistently reduced GFR is an indication of chronic kidney disease (CKD), whereas an abrupt reduction of the GFR may be used to describe acute kidney injury (AKI). A GFR of <60 mL/min/1.73 m
2 increases the risk of complications and cardiovascular disease [
2]. …