American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 33-42 , July 2009

Comparison of Drug Dosing Recommendations Based on Measured GFR and Kidney Function Estimating Equations

  • Lesley A. Stevens, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Lesley A. Stevens, MD, MS, Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington St, Box 391, Boston, MA 02111
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  • Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Michelle M. Richardson, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Harold I. Feldman, MD, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Julia B. Lewis, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
    • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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  • Roger Rodby, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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  • Raymond Townsend, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Aghogho Okparavero, MBBS, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Yaping (Lucy) Zhang, MS

      Affiliations

    • Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Christopher H. Schmid, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Andrew S. Levey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI)

Received 29 December 2008 ,Accepted 18 March 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.03.008 on May 18, 2009.

 A list of the CKD-EPI investigators and collaborators appears at the end of this article.

 Because an author of this manuscript is an editor for AJKD, the peer-review and decision-making processes were handled entirely by an Associate Editor (Kamal Badr, MD, Lebanese American University) who served as Acting Editor-in-Chief. Details of the journal's procedures for potential editor conflicts are given in the Editorial Policies section of the AJKD website.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00601-5

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.03.008

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages 33-42 , July 2009

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