Publications by authors named "Hajar El Wadia"
Transplantation
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Clinicians often rely on estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) to guide medication dosing for kidney transplant recipients (KTRs), but the most effective eGFR equations for this purpose are still unclear.
- A study of 415 stable KTRs in Canada and New Zealand compared various eGFR equations, looking at factors such as medication dosing accuracy relative to established metrics like Cockcroft-Gault creatinine clearance and measured GFR.
- Results indicated that using nonindexed eGFR equations (which consider actual body surface area) significantly reduced medication dosing errors, especially in obese patients, and highlighted the superiority of specific recent equations for accurate dosing guidance.
