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 ...

Understanding eGFR and uPCR is vital for managing IgA nephropathy to predict kidney health, guide treatment, and work ...

There are a variety of differences among markers and clearance methods for GFR measurement compared with the classic method of inulin clearance. However, the bias appears relatively small, and ...

New normative data and a web-based kidney calculator help doctors detect kidney disease early by comparing eGFR scores to age ...

The study compared the creatinine clearance test, the gold standard for measuring preoperative renal function, with eGFR, and found no significant differences among the tests in patients with gastric ...

Kidney diseases are on the rise. A recent study published in The Lancet found a drastic increase in the number of people with kidney disease. The figures rose from 78 million people with the disease ...

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 ...

Subtle abnormalities in kidney function – even within the range considered normal – may help identify people at risk of ...

Background The long-term trajectories of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and their relation to early proteinuria ...