Introduction: One of the most common challenges in acute care is the time- and space-limited communication with patients, relatives and colleagues. There is ample evidence, however, that the quality of care, patient and staff satisfaction can be improved, measured and researched using simple communication tools (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe studied the agreement between plasma clearance of mannitol and the reference method, plasma clearance of Cr-EDTA in outpatients with normal to moderately impaired renal function. Forty-one patients with a serum creatinine <200 μmol l entered the study. Cr-EDTA clearance was measured with the standard bolus injection technique and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was calculated by the single-sample method described by Jacobsson.
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