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A High-throughput Method for Measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Conscious Mice
Published on: May 10, 2013
Can estimated glomerular filtration rate improve the EuroSCORE?
Jacobo Silva1, Natalia Ridao-Cano, Antonio Segura
1Cardiac Surgery Unit, Clínico San Carlos Hospital, Madrid, Spain. jsilva8252@yahoo.es
Abstract:
Several studies have shown that the glomerular filtration rate is a strong predictor of mortality following cardiac surgery. This study was designed to identify the estimated glomerular filtration rate using the MDRD-4 equation as an independent predictive variable of mortality and to determine whether the inclusion of this variable could improve the discriminating power of the EuroSCORE. Data from 2014 consecutive patients who underwent cardiac surgery over a 3-year period were analysed. Mean glomerular filtration rate was 68.4+/-22.7 ml/min per 1.73 m(2); 704 patients (35%) showed a rate
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