Glomerular filtration rate—what is the rationale and justification of normalizing GFR for body surface area?

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Published inNephrology, dialysis, transplantation Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 4 - 6
Main Authors Geddes, Colin C., Woo, Yook Mun, Brady, Stefan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Oxford University Press 01.01.2008
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Body Height
body surface area
Body Weight
children
chronic kidney disease
Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management
extracellular fluid volume
glomerular filtration rate
Glomerular Filtration Rate - physiology
Glomerulonephritis
Humans
Intensive care medicine
living kidney donor
Medical sciences
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure
Reference Values
extracellular fluid volume
chronic kidney disease
living kidney donor
children
glomerular filtration rate
body surface area
Human
Kidney disease
Body surface
Urinary system disease
Glomerular filtration
Hemodialysis
Living donor
Extrarenal dialysis
Extracellular fluid
Renal failure
Child
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ISSN:0931-0509
1460-2385
DOI:10.1093/ndt/gfm662