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Are there any specific scenarios in which you calculate estimated creatinine clearance over eGFR in an older adult patient?

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Nephrology · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

This would be something to consider for patients in whom there is a discrepancy between clinical manifestations and creatinine estimated eGFR, for patients at the borderline of CKD stages, and for patients with extremes of muscle mass (which would lead you to think that the eGFR is less accurate). T...

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