Kidney function is mainly assessed by the rate at which they filter waste products from blood into urine (glomerular filtration rate – GFR). Measurement of GFR is difficult; instead we use serum creatinine for this purpose. GFR can be calculated using certain mathematical formulae that require serum creatinine and certain other parameters (age, sex, race and weight).
Acute Kidney Failure
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