The most commonly used formula to calculate eGFR in obese patients with type 2 diabetes underestimates the something, according to UK researchers. Researchers at the University of Liverpool recruited ...

A comparison by Selistre et al. of several creatinine-based equations commonly used to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) shows that equations developed in adult populations result in ...

In a theoretical context, the 2021 creatine-based Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation reduced racial differences in preemptive wait time accrual more than the use of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The eGFR equation that includes creatinine and cystatin C but not the race coefficient may be preferable to the ...

This study found that the recent change to remove race from the calculation of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) may incorrectly label potential donors who are Black as having chronic kidney ...

The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study equation was developed to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) from age, sex and race, and serum levels of creatinine, urea and albumin; a ...

A new equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a measure of kidney function, shows improved accuracy and precision compared with commonly used equations. The European Kidney Function ...

Leading NMR diagnostics company numares recently published data showing that its novel, multi-marker approach to assess kidney function allowed for a more precise estimation of glomerular filtration ...

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A recent Lancet report has indicted that 10% of the world population suffers from some form of kidney disease.(1 ) . The simplest tool to measure and track kidney function is by GFR calculation using ...