creatinine clearance help

[OHPharmd08]

When I calculate CrCl using Cockcroft-gault equation, do I use IBW or actual body weight for a seemingly normal sized patient?


Oh, never mind...I figured it out myself. Thanks anyway...

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[stevephhs016]

The study guides that I am using to study for naplex are confusing...one uses IBW, another uses actual weight. I understand that if a pt. is obese...you use the adjusted body wt. equation. And then there are two of those equations...one with 25% and one with 40%. If a pt. is underwt...you use IBW.

I think you just answered your own question.