Open AccessRenal Function Equations before and after Living Kidney Donation
Author(s) -
Hilde Tent,
Mieneke Rook,
Lesley A. Stevens,
Willem J. van Son,
L. Joost van Pelt,
H. Sijbrand Hofker,
Rutger J. Ploeg,
Jaap J. Homan van der Heide,
Gerjan Navis
Publication year - 2010
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.08761209
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney donation , renal function , donation , kidney disease , urology , kidney , kidney transplantation , economics , economic growth
The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) study equation and the Cockcroft-Gault (CG) equation perform poorly in the (near-) normal range of GFR. Whether this is due to the level of GFR as such or to differences in individual characteristics between healthy individuals and patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unknown.