In debilitated elderly patients in whom renal function must be evaluated to determine drug dosages for treatment, it is very difficult to obtain the complete 24-hour urine collections required to measure creatinine clearance (C
cr). Additionally, C
cr in these patients can not be predicted accurately based on their age, sex, actual body weight (BW) and the level of serum creatinine (S
cr). To evaluate C
cr without 24-hour urine collections, we attempted to develop the following formula to estimate C
cr based on sex, BW, S
cr, and the value of serum albumin (Alb).
C
cr (ml/min) = {4×Alb (g/dl) +5} ×BW (kg) /20×S
cr (mg/dl)
(for females, use 75% of BW)
This equation provided a good correlation coefficient between the measured and predicted C
cr (r=0.828), and a regression line which was not significantly different from the line of identity (y=0.889x+4.654). We suggest this formula using Alb as a new parameter could be clinically useful in predicting C
cr in the debilitated elderly.
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