PubMed ID:
21441126
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2011
Affiliation: Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. aabraham@jhsph.edu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.08020910
Authors:
Abraham AG,
Furth SL,
Muñoz A,
Schwartz GJ,
Warady B
Studies:
The Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Cohort Study
Extracellular volume (ECV) is the fluid contained in all noncellular compartments of the body and is a quantity tightly controlled by the kidney. Thus, there is a strong link between ECV and kidney function.