new option for adjusting medications in adults with kidney disease
October 2009
New recommendations will give you a new option for adjusting medications in adults with kidney disease.
The Cockcroft-Gault equation has been the gold standard to estimate creatinine clearance and determine drug dosing.
And drug manufacturers use this equation when determining drug dosing guidelines for patients with renal insufficiency.
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