Prediction of Kidney Drug Clearance: A Comparison of Tubular Secretory Clearance and Glomerular Filtration Rate.
Yan ChenLeila R ZelnickAndrew N HoofnagleCatherine K YeungLaura M ShiremanBrian PhillipsCalder C BrauchlaIan H de BoerLinda ManahanSusan R HeckbertJonathan HimmelfarbBryan R KestenbaumPublished in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN (2020)
Secretory solute clearance measurements can predict kidney drug clearances. However, tight linkage between GFR and proximal tubular secretory clearance in stable outpatients provides some reassurance that GFR, even when estimated, is a useful surrogate for predicting secretory drug clearances in such patients.