The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a blood test to assess kidney function. The formula for calculating eGFR takes the patient’s body size, age, and sex into account to predict how well ...
In many situations, it is essential that the physician knows a patient's kidney function as precisely as possible. The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is calculated in order to assess kidney function ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Newer eGFR calculations that do not consider race show a link between kidney function and dementia. Equations ...
Kidneys work quietly in the background, filtering waste, balancing fluids, and maintaining chemical stability without demanding attention. But this is until som ...
A cross sectional study found that substantial discrepancies exist between individual estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and directly measured GFR (mGFR). Laboratory reports that provide eGFR ...
New evidence further confirms that use of the race coefficient when calculating estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in Black patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) leads to systematic ...
End-of-life care for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients at a large academic center. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2016 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium. This ...
Identifying population-based eGFR distributions may help to identify patients at risk for developing chronic kidney disease earlier, according to study data published in Kidney International. More ...