Predicting when children with progressive renal disease may reach high serum creatinine levels

A method for predicting when children with progressive renal disease may reach high levels of serum creatinine (SC) was recently described in this journal.1 The authors did not seem to be aware that the same technique, ie, plotting the reciprocal (1/SC) or the logarithm (log SC) vs time has been tes...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1982-04, Vol.69 (4), p.502-503
Main Author: Leumann, E P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Chronic Disease
Creatinine - blood
Humans
Kidney Diseases - blood
Probability
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Summary:A method for predicting when children with progressive renal disease may reach high levels of serum creatinine (SC) was recently described in this journal.1 The authors did not seem to be aware that the same technique, ie, plotting the reciprocal (1/SC) or the logarithm (log SC) vs time has been tested in two slightly larger series of pediatric patients and was published some time ago.2,3 I agree that the reciprocal plot (1/SC vs time) is, in general, more appropriate than the semilog plot in predicting when a critical concentration of SC, say 10 mg/100 ml, may be reached.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.69.4.502b