-The MDRD equation does not require weight or height variables. From a serum creatinine measurement, it generates a GFR result normalized to a standard body surface area (1.73 m[2]) using sex, age, and race. Unlike the Cockcroft-Gault equation, height and weight, which are often not available in the laboratory information system, are not required.
Franco-Prussian War and Unification. With Austria neutralized, the final obstacle to Prussia's unification of Germany was France. France still controlled territory on the border of the new, Prussian-dominated German Confederation, which Prussia considered German.
East Germany's new leader, Egon Krenz, called for free democratic elections. But it was not enough to turn the tide and once the Berlin Wall was breached, East Germany disintegrated. On 3 October 1990 the two Germanys merged to form a new united country.