DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...
New normative data and a web-based kidney calculator help doctors detect kidney disease early by comparing eGFR scores to age ...
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 ...
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Web-based tool could aid in early detection and prevention of chronic kidney disease
Subtle abnormalities in kidney function – even within the range considered normal – may help identify people at risk of ...
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that even slight abnormalities in kidney function—within the normal ...
Subtle abnormalities in kidney function—even within the range considered normal—may help identify people at risk of ...
OBJECTIVES: Clinical practice guidelines recommend at least annual testing of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urine albumin-creatinine ratio (uACR) for patients with chronic kidney ...
When her relative couldn’t get on the waiting list for a kidney transplant, Dr. Nwamaka Eneanya had to step in. Tests showed his kidney function was not severe enough. But Eneanya, a physician who ...
MISSION HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A medical test for kidney function that adjusts its results for race is coming under increased scrutiny. Experts are saying the results for African-American ...
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