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Creatinine Clearance Calculator
For the Obese Patient
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Patient Name:   Room:
Age:        Scr:    
Height:      Weight:  


Salazar-Corcoran Equation


 

Program is based on the following:
Estimating Creatinine Clearance (ml/min)


For Men:

[137 - age] x [(0.285 x weight(kg)) + (12.1 x height(m)2)]
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                          (51 x SCr)

For Women:
[146 - age] x [(0.287 x weight(kg)) + (9.74 x height(m)2)]
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                        (60 x SCr)


Units:  Weight:  kg      Height: meters.

Reference:
Salazar DE, Corcoran GB: Predicting creatinine clearance and renal drug clearance in obese patients from estimated fat-free body mass. Am J Med 84: 1053–1060, 1988
More accurate estimation of the creatinine clearance in the  severely obese patient - (greater than 30% over ideal body weight).

 

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