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Episode 998: Why the NKF Says Its OK to Use Race-Free eGFR to Make Renal Dose Adjustments

Pharmacy Joe

Because serum creatinine laboratory assays were not standardized until 2011, the results of previous formulas, including Cockcroft Gault, cannot be generalized to patients today. Your lab’s creatinine assay is different than the one used to study pharmacokinetics and make the prescribing information’s renal dosing recommendations.