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 ...
An Article published Online First by The Lancet shows that the risk of acute kidney injury, the rate at which kidneys filter blood, and the levels of protein in urine are all closely interrelated. The ...
More women than men have chronic kidney disease, but more men develop kidney failure More women than men have chronic kidney disease, but more men develop kidney failure. In an effort to explain the ...
In patients with chronic kidney disease, the loss of podocytes—part of the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier—causes irreversible disease progression. So far, physicians and researchers have found ...
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