Cockroft and Gault estimation of glomerular filtration

Endogenous creatinine clearance can be estimated from serum creatinine concentration without the need for urine collection by calculation using the Cocroft and Gault formula :

for men:
 * $$Cl_{Kr}\ \mathrm{(ml/s)} = \frac{(140 - {\mathrm{v\check{e}k\ [years]}}) \cdot {\mathrm{t \check{e}lesn\acute{a}\ weight\ [kg]}}}{44.5 \cdot {\mathrm{s\acute{e}rov\acute{y}\ creatinine\ [\mu mol/ l]}}}$$

for women:
 * $$Cl_{Kr}\ \mathrm{(ml/s)} = 0.85 \cdot \frac{(140 - {\mathrm{v\check{e}k\ [years]}}) \cdot {\mathrm{t\check{e}lesn\acute{a}\ weight\ [kg]}}}{44.5 \cdot {\mathrm{s\acute{e}rov\acute{y}\ creatinine\ [\mu mol/l]}}}$$

Explanation of the calculation principle
Renal endogenous creatinine clearance is defined as the ratio of urinary creatinine waste (ie, the product of diuresis and urinary creatinine concentration) to serum creatinine concentration. Determining creatinine clearance is difficult, time-consuming, and often error-prone. It is therefore replaced by an estimate.

Since creatinine is not further metabolized in humans, its losses in the urine must equal its production. The rate of creatinine formation is almost constant and depends practically only on the total mass of skeletal muscle. It can therefore be estimated using anthropometric data (sex, age, body weight).

Creatinine clearance estimation is mainly used to classify a patient with renal insufficiency into a certain band according to the severity of the failure, e.g. if a reduced dose of a drug excreted by the kidneys needs to be determined. It is only suitable for patients with moderate or severe renal insufficiency.

Currently, the clearance estimate according to Cockroft and Gault is gradually being replaced by the MDRD equation.

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