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International medical criteria & SI Metric protocols standard.
Region:Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
Units:Metric (SI)
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Creatinine Clearance (Cockcroft-Gault)
Estimate glomerular filtration rate and adjust drug dosages
mg/dL
Estimated CrCl
60.8mL/min
Mild Impairment
Clinical Application
The Cockcroft-Gault formula remains the standard for numerous pharmacokinetic drug dosing adjustments, notably antibiotics and anticoagulants.
Mathematical Metric
CrCl = [(140 - age) × weight(kg)] / (72 × SCr(mg/dL)) [× 0.85 if female]
Evidence & Lit
References: Cockcroft DW, Gault MH. Prediction of clearance from serum creatinine. Nephron.