Serum cystatin C levels are influenced by factors other than glomerular filtration rate (GFR), a retrospective analysis suggests. Serum concentration of cystatin C has been proposed as a more ...

Plasma clearance of technetium-99m-labeled diethyltriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) was used as an indicator of baseline GFR and, after intravenous infusion of 10% mixed amino acids, stimulated GFR.

Nearly 300 adults beginning treatment for cancer had their GFR estimated with the Cockcroft-Gault creatinine clearance equation to dose their carboplatin chemotherapy. But when their eGFR was ...