Moran and Myers corrected a serum creatinine value to take into account a change in fluid balance for a critically-ill patient. The authors are from Stanford University.
Patient selection: critically-ill (ICU)
Assumption: no significant body wasting since admission
Parameters:
(1) body weight on hospital admission in kilograms
(2) summation of daily cumulative fluid balance in liters
(3) serum creatinine in mg/dL
correction factor =
= (((weight on admission) * 0.6) + (fluid balance in liters)) / ((weight on admission) * 0.6)
adjusted serum creatinine for fluid balance =
= (serum creatinine) * (correction factor)
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