Estimating Creatinine Clearance in the Elderly - Medscape While CrCl is the parameter most often used in clinical trials to determine dose adjustments for renally eliminated medications, the National Kidney Disease Education Program recommends that
Estimation of Creatinine Clearance in Morbidly Obese Patients The common use of the Cockcroft-Gault equation suggests that it will remain the method of choice for drug dosing in patients with renal impairment In contrast, the MDRD4 equation is likely to
Estimation of Creatinine Clearance in Morbidly Obese Patients The Cockcroft-Gault equation is the most widely used clinical method for estimating CL cr to adjust drug dosages We conducted a prospective study to evaluate whether the use of different body
Estimation of Creatinine Clearance in Morbidly Obese Patients Conclusion An LBW estimate, based on TBW and BMI, incorporated into the Cockcroft-Gault equation provided an unbiased, relatively precise, accurate, and clinically practical estimate of 24-hour
Colistin: An Update on the Antibiotic of the 21st Century Dosage of CMS Colistin Base The dosage of intravenous CMS recommended by the manufacturers in the USA is 2 5–5 mg kg (31,250–62,500 IU kg) per day, divided into two to four equal doses