A systematic review found that alternative approaches to calculating estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were worth looking into to properly account for diversity in populations. A review ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration 2021 equation for estimating GFR proved to be the least ...

A newly developed equation produces more accurate estimates of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR)—a key indicator of kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to ...

Use of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) study formula may overestimate the number of patients with renal dysfunction, according to researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in ...

Calculating carboplatin doses using the 4-variable modification of diet in renal disease (4-v MDRD) estimate of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in the Calvert formula No significant financial ...

PenKid is a kidney function biomarker that correlates with gold standard GFR measurements in stable and acute kidney injury (AKI) patients. Based on penKid, a new formula was developed to estimate the ...

A meta-analysis of data from 1.1 million adults from 25 general-population cohorts, seven high-risk cohorts (of vascular disease), and 13 CKD cohorts indicated that the Chronic Kidney Disease ...

Hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are well-established risk factors for chronic kidney disease. 7 In this study, we assessed the prevalence and determinants of renal insufficiency ...