Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older adults may have hyperfiltration with normal glomerular filtration rate calculation. GFR calculation may be ...
Current equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) that use serum creatinine or cystatin C incorporate age, sex, and race to estimate measured GFR. However, race in eGFR equations is a ...
From 2006 to 2007, data were collected from the health examinations of current and retired employees of the Kailuan Group at 11 hospitals responsible for the health care of the Kailuan community. The ...
Chronic kidney diseases affect more than 10% of the world’s population, and most cases arise from disorders of the kidney’s filtration barrier, which is located within a million microvascular units ...
Adopting a kidney-friendly diet like the DASH or Mediterranean diet and managing sodium, potassium, phosphorus, and protein intake may help improve GFR by reducing kidney strain. Maintaining heart ...
Chronic kidney disease has five stages based on urine albumin-creatinine ratio (uACR) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) tests repeated over 3 months. Stages 1–2 often have few or no ...