75 year old male client who weighs 175 lbs has a serum creatinine of 1mg/dl
Using the Cockcroft-Gault formula, the client's calculated creatinine clearance rate (esti-mated glomerular filtration rate) is:
ANS: 71.33cc/min
Male estimated creatinine clearance rate = (140 - Age) Weight (kg) = _________
72 Serum creatinine
(140 - 75) × 79 kg = 71.33 cc/min
72 1 mg/dl
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