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Escaping the correction for body surface area when calculating glomerular filtration rate in children.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18481062     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: (51)Cr ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid ((51)Cr EDTA) clearance is nowadays considered as an accurate and reproducible method for measuring glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in children. Normal values in function of age, corrected for body surface area, have been recently updated. However, much criticism has been expressed about the validity of body surface area correction. The aim of the present paper was to present the normal GFR values, not corrected for body surface area, with the associated percentile curves. METHODS: For that purpose, the same patients as in the previous paper were selected, namely those with no recent urinary tract infection, having a normal left to right (99m)Tc MAG3 uptake ratio and a normal kidney morphology on the early parenchymal images. A single blood sample method was used for (51)Cr EDTA clearance measurement. RESULTS: Clearance values, not corrected for body surface area, increased progressively up to the adolescence. CONCLUSION: The percentile curves were determined and allow, for a single patient, to estimate accurately the level of non-corrected clearance and the evolution with time, whatever the age.
Authors:
Amy Piepsz; Marianne Tondeur; Hamphrey Ham
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2008-05-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1619-7070     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging     Publication Date:  2008 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-08-22     Completed Date:  2008-12-19     Revised Date:  2009-03-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101140988     Medline TA:  Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1669-72     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radioisotopes, CHU St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium. amypiepsz@yahoo.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Body Surface Area*
Calibration
Child
Child, Preschool
Glomerular Filtration Rate*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Sensitivity and Specificity
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Erratum In:
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2009 Feb;36(2):332-3

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