Abstract

PEREZ LOREDO, Jaime; LAVORATO, Carlos A  and  NEGRI, Armando Luis. MEASURED AND ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE: (PART II) ADJUSTMENT TO BODY SURFACE AREA. Rev. nefrol. dial. traspl. [online]. 2016, vol.36, n.1, pp.34-47. ISSN 2346-8548.

Loss of half renal mass does not necessarily correspond to half of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), meaning that there is not an exact correlation between renal mass reduction and loss of renal function.The GFR is a necessary index for: diagnosis; follow-up of patients with renal injury; epidemiological controls; nephrotoxic drugs dose adjustment or renal elimination drugs; chronic renal disease stratification, etc.

Keywords : glomerular filtration rate; renal function; estimating equations.