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Creatinine Clearance Calculator (Cockcroft-Gault)

Parameters

RequiredAllowed: 18–130 years

RequiredAllowed: 0.1–200 kg

RequiredAllowed: ≥ 0.1 µmol/L

Required

Clinical context

The Cockcroft-Gault formula estimates creatinine clearance: ((140 − age) × weight × sex coefficient) / (72 × serum creatinine [mg/dL]) • Male coefficient = 1 • Female coefficient = 0.85 This is an estimate (not measured GFR) and may overestimate kidney function in some populations.