Test Your Knowledge: GFR Estimation
Understanding the principles of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation is critical to clinical practice and research. A recent article by Levey et al in AJKD discusses [...]
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GFR in Pakistan – A Noteworthy Effort
Estimating GFR and managing chronic kidney disease are blood brothers. The CKD framework is based on reliable and convenient assessment of GFR, and GFR estimating equations [...]
Kidney Week 2012: Diet, Alkali, and CKD Progression
A study presented on Friday Nov 2nd as an oral communication by Dr Goraya et al. from Texas A&M College of Medicine showed that fruits and vegetables or oral NaHCO3 could [...]
Accuracy of GFR Change Over Time Using the CKD-EPI Equation
Managing patients with chronic kidney disease requires being able to track progression of disease over time. The CKD-EPI equation is increasingly used to estimate [...]
MDRD versus CKD-EPI: Do We Have a Winner?
The estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has relied upon the use of mathematical equations primarily based upon the measurement of serum creatinine and other [...]