Nefrología : publicación oficial de la Sociedad Española Nefrologia
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Letter Case Reports
[Use of levosimendan in acute heart failure and its effect on renal function].
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Practice Guideline
[Access for starting kidney replacement therapy: vascular and peritoneal temporal access in pre-dialysis].
PATIENT EVALUATION AND PREPARATION PRIOR TO VASCULAR ACCESS (VA) PLACEMENT: 1. Early referral of patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (ACKD: GFR
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Comparative Study
[Comparison and agreement of the Cockcroft-Gault and MDRD equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate in diagnosis of occult chronic kidney disease].
The estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) by Cockroft-Gault or simplified MDRD functions is a powerful tool for the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) diagnosis. The aims of the present study are: 1)-To analyze the accuracy between Cockcroft-Gault and simplified MDRD equations in the Hidden Renal Failure (HRF) diagnosis; and 2)-To know the profile and coronary risk of patients diagnosed of HRF for each equation. ⋯ Cockroft-Gault and MDRD equations present a moderate agreement in HRF diagnosis (stage 3 of CKD) in patients between 35 and 74 years old. If we only use the MDRD function, a group of HRF patients would be excluded. This population was mainly male (75%), older (69 years old), with a high coronary risk estimated by original Framingham and REGICOR equations, and confirmed in the ten years follow-up of these patients.