How can we raise awareness about the importance of kidney health?

May 15, 2007 ... Dosages of drugs cleared renally should be adjusted according to creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate and should be calculated using online or ... For individual patients with some renal dysfunction, the GFR is often determined from the creatinine clearance. Creatinine is eliminated only by glomerular ... This narrative review is intended to provide a contemporary assessment of antibiotic use in ARC patients from a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) ... Renal excretion of ingested Gastrografin is frequently visualized on CT in patients without anastomotic leakage during the early postoperative period after ... Renal excretion is quantitatively the most important route of excretion for most drugs and drug metabolites. Renal excretion involves three processes: ... Most analgesia is excreted by the kidneys and any degree of renal impairment can reduce drug clearance. Measurements of the plasma metanephrines, normetanephrine and metanephrine (the O-methylated metabolites of norepinephrine and epinephrine), provide an ... Test Resources. Reference ranges are provided as general guidance only. To interpret test results use the reference range in the laboratory report. The CPT ... Calculates CrCl according to the Cockcroft-Gault equation. INSTRUCTIONS For use in patients with stable renal function to estimate creatinine clearance. Impaired renal function causes accumulation of these cTnT fragments and is very likely the cause of the unexplained elevations of serum cTnT found in patients ...