This article is part of a comprehensive series on pharmaceutical calculations in preparation for the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registration assessment, providing guidance on how to tackle questions related to kidney function, including a worked example of a sample exam question.
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By the end of this article, you should be able to:
Systematically work through kidney function calculations and be able to use the Cockroft and Gault formula to estimate creatine clearance;
Understand whether ideal body weight or actual body weight should be used within the calculation;
Understand the importance of units and rounding when solving calculations.
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