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Reporting the eGFR and Its Implication for CKD Diagnosis

Author(s) -

Rossini Botev,

Jean-Pierre MallieCombining Acute Accent

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.04560908

Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , renal function , cutoff , intensive care medicine , urology , quantum mechanics , physics

The process of diagnosing chronic kidney disease using the estimated GFR involves several pitfalls. The estimated GFR laboratory report should be requested only by practitioners who are familiar with how to interpret the result. Until a more reliable method is available to estimate the GFR, the current chronic kidney disease classification should be revised by reducing the central role of the GFR cutoff levels.

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