Impact of ‘Black Race’ Coefficient in eGFR on Our Community and Medical Education

Introduction: The use of race in estimation of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) started a critical national conversation on numerous areas of medicine touched by racism; with a call for removal of race from calculation of eGFR. We scrutinized use of ‘Black race’ coefficient in MDRD eGFR calculation...

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Main Authors: Shibani Kanungo, Amy R. Lorber, Christine Schmitt, Kaitlyn VanRiper, Joseph Billian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2023-07-01
Series:Kidney & Blood Pressure Research
Online Access:https://beta.karger.com/Article/FullText/531854