Estimate of renal function in oldest old inpatients by MDRD study equation, Mayo Clinic equation and creatinine clearance.

Conclusions: In patients older than 85 years, the tested equations for estimation of GFR and the measured 24-hour CrCl provide significantly different results, so that they may not be used interchangeably in clinical practice.
PMID: 20155719 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)