Affiliations 

  • 1 MBBS (Mal), MRCP (UK), Medical Officer, Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin), FRCP (Glasg), Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 MBBS, FRACGP, Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Family Physician, 1991;3(2):31-33.

Abstract

Creatinine clearance is calculated from 24 hour urine creatinine excretion. This method of measuring creatinine clearance is cumbersome. Many formulae have been proposed as an alternative method of obtaining predicted creatinine clearance and they have all shown satisfactory results. From our study using 4 formulae, the correlation coefficient using these formulae rangedfrom 0.71 - 0.75. The correlation clearance was even better at > 0.90. We therefore advocate the routine use of these formulae for predicting creatinine clearance by clinicians.
Study site: Nephrology clinic, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia unit at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia