Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The transplant community had been seeking an eGFR equation specific for evaluating transplant recipients. A new ...

New findings raise questions about the reliability of estimated glomerular filtration rate as a basis for clinical decision-making. In individual patients, an estimated glomerular filtration rate ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers identified significant differences in eGFR and measured eGFR on an individual level, according to ...

A person's estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a mainstay for assessing renal function and health, can often substantially differ from that person's actual, directly measured GFR (mGFR), a ...

Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Valuable in Measuring Kidney Function in Gastric Cancer Patients Researchers from Dokkyo Medical University in Japan found that estimated glomerular filtration ...

“There are many ways to measure GFR using either renal or plasma clearance of a variety of exogenous markers with different sampling strategies,” she said. Few comparative studies have evaluated ...

The study authors noted that advances in nonradiolabeled GFR measurement techniques have made it a “highly feasible” and safe outpatient procedure. Race, sex, age, and socioeconomic factors should not ...