Open AccessUsing race in the estimation of glomerular filtration rates
Author(s) -
Heather Morris,
Sumit Mohan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current opinion in nephrology and hypertension/current opinion in nephrology and hypertension, with evaluated medline
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1080-8221
pISSN - 1062-4821
DOI - 10.1097/mnh.0000000000000587
Subject(s) - renal function , creatinine , anthropometry , population , medicine , race (biology) , kidney disease , urology , demography , endocrinology , physiology , intensive care medicine , biology , environmental health , botany , sociology
Bedside estimates of renal function are essential for clinical practice in the modern era and have largely relied on serum creatinine concentrations despite the known drawbacks associated with this choice of biomarker, including the fact that creatinine clearance overestimates the glomerular filtration rate.