In malnourished adolescent with anorexia nervosa, Cockroft-Gault formula is the most relevant formula to estimate renal function
Serum creatinine level is the most used test to evaluate renal function in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN). We investigated which formula of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) based on simple blood sample had the best correlation with the gold standard in malnourished adolescent patients with AN.
Source: Clinical Nutrition - Category: Nutrition Authors: Camille Trahan, Anne-Laure Lapeyraque, Marc Sznajder, Jean-Yves Frappier, Olivier Jamoulle, Danielle Taddeo, Chantal Stheneur Tags: Original article Source Type: research