Tag: eGFR
Acute kidney injury not associated with worsening of CKD in new...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is considered by many to cause accelerated loss of kidney function—but, according to the authors of new research published in...
New kidney graft function risk model promises more accurate prognosis
A team of researchers led by Shaifali Sandal (McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada) has shared the results of a study evaluating a new...
Study finds creatinine-based eGFR equation could reduce racial differences in transplant...
In light of recent shifts away from race-based algorithms in medicine—such as the adjustment for Black race in equations that estimate patients’ kidney function—new...
New research sheds light on impact of recent eGFR updates
New research indicates that removing a race modifier from a formula used to diagnose kidney disease—estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)—could lead to more equitable...
Race-free kidney function estimates may have small but potentially important impact...
Data analysis from a recent clinical trial has indicated that removing a race-based adjustment in the estimation of patients’ kidney function had a small...
University of Maryland Medicine to eliminate race from kidney function estimates
University of Maryland Medicine—which is comprised of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM)—has announced...
ASN Kidney Week: Study indicates substantial discrepancies between kidney function assessments
New research presented at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week (2–7 November 2021, virtual) indicates that substantial discrepancies exist between two major...
KFRE sharply predicts kidney failure risk with greater clinical nuance than...
With national guideline writers in the UK and other countries weighing up the role of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation (KFRE) from a renal...