Eriksen, Bjørn Odvar; Schaeffner, Elke; Melsom, Toralf; Ebert, Natalie; van der Giet, Markus; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Indridasson, Olafur S.; Karger, Amy B.; Levey, Andrew S.; Schuchardt, Mirjam; Sørensen, Liv Karin; Pálsson, Runólfur (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-23)
Rationale & Objective: Glomerular filtration rate
(GFR) estimation based on creatinine or cystatin C
level is currently the standard method for assessing
GFR in epidemiologic research and clinical trials
despite several important and well-known
limitations. Plasma iohexol clearance has been
proposed as an inexpensive method for
measuring GFR that could replace estimated
GFR in many research ...